ergative 的 2 个定义
- Grammar. noting a case that indicates the subject of a transitive verb and is distinct from the case indicating the subject of an intransitive verb.similar to such a case in function or meaning, especially in indicating an agent, as the subject She in She opened the door, in contrast to the subject The door in The door opened.
- Linguistics. pertaining to a type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb.Compare accusative.
Grammar.
- the ergative case.
- a word in the ergative case.
- a form or construction of similar function or meaning.