ergative
adjective language specialized uk/ˈɜː.ɡə.tɪv/ us/ˈɜː˞.ɡə.t̬ɪv/
（动词）通格的（当一个动词作及物动词时，它的宾语与它用作不及物动词时的主语相同，此动词即为通格的。如：close 就是一个通格动词。(I closed the door. The door closed.）
used to refer to a verb that can be transitive (= used with an object) or intransitive (= used without an object), with the object of the transitive verb used as the subject of the intransitive verb. For example, close is an ergative verb (I closed the door| The door closed).
Ergative verbs are both transitive and intransitive. 通格动词既是及物动词又是不及物动词。
a sentence in which the main verb is ergative 主要动词是一个通格动词的句子
作格的
used to refer to a type of noun in which the person who does an action is the object of the verb rather than the subject
Grammatical features such as ergative pronouns can be detected. 作格代词等语法特征可以被检测到。
Ergative is the case marking transitive subject. 作格是标记及物主语的格。
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- He told me these unusual-looking grammatical patterns I had uncovered were ergative.
- No African language is known to have ergative characteristics.
- The language is said to have ergative syntax.
ergative
noun [ C ] language specialized uk/ˈɜː.ɡə.tɪv/ /ˈɜː˞.ɡə.t̬ɪv/
通格动词
an ergative verb
The verb "capsize" is an ergative. 动词“capsize”是一个通格动词。
Do not confuse ergatives with passives. 不要混淆作格与被动。
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- Ergatives can be used transitively (The storm sank the ship) as well as intransitively (The ship sank).
- In English, the object of an ergative has to be moved to subject position.