Jump to content

Portal:Linguistics/Featured picture/April 2008

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
< Portal:Linguistics | Featured picture

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Wugapodes (talk | contribs) at 16:25, 14 January 2016 (add category). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Ergative alignment between subject and object

The distinguishing feature of an ergative language is that it maintains an equivalence between the object of a transitive verb and the subject of an intransitive verb, while treating the agent of a transitive verb differently.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Linguistics/Featured_picture/April_2008&oldid=699808936"