ergativity
Pronunciation: /ɜː(ɹ)ɡəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
The English word “ergativity” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.
Etymology
From ergative + -ity.
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