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Meaning of ergative-absolutive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Being or relating to a language where the single argument (subject) of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent of a transitive verb.

not-comparable

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

ergatocratic ergatoid ergatomorphic ergocentric ergodic ergogenic

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