ergativity
构词拆分
ergative词根/词干
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-ity后缀
Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description. · Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
词源说明
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- (linguistics) 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.