Absolutive Case
Absolutive Case
Absolutive case is the case of nouns in ergative-absolutive languages that would generally be the subjects of intransitive verbs or the objects of transitive verbs in the translational equivalents of nominative-accusative languages such as English.
Absolutive case is less likely to be formally indicated on the noun than ergative case is.
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Source: Crystal 1985
Crystal, David. 1985.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell.
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Source: Andrews, A. 1985
Andrews, Avery. 1985. "The major functions of the noun phrase." In Shopen 1985b
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Source: Anderson, S. 1985
Anderson, Stephen R. 1985. "Inflectional morphology." In Shopen 1985d
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Case
Related terms
- RT⇆ Antipassive Voice
- RT⇆ Ergative Case
- RT⇆ Intransitivity
- RT⇆ Object
- RT⇆ Subject
- RT⇆ Transitivity
- RT⇆ Translational Equivalence
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