ergativity

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Synonyms: creativity, ergatively, negativity, erraticity, eruptivity

Antonyms: creativity, ergatively, negativity, erraticity, eruptivity

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The [[property]] of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being [[ergative]]; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the [[object]] of a [[transitive]] verb is treated the same way as the [[subject]] of an [[intransitive]] one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.

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