The term ergative is used in grammar in three different meanings: ...
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indicating subject of a transitive verb
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· (in certain languages, as Basque, Eskimo, and some Caucasian languages) 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, esp. in indicating an agent, as the subject She in She opened the door, i...
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