ERGATIVE


Meaning of ERGATIVE in English

An ~ verb is a verb that can be both transitive and intransitive, where the subject of the intransitive verb is the same as the object of the transitive verb. For example, ‘open’ is an ~ verb because you can say ‘The door opened’ or ‘She opened the door’.

ADJ

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