Definition of UNERGATIVE

unergative

Meanings

Plural: unergatives

Adj

  • Intransitive and having an agent as its subject.

Noun

  • An unergative verb.

Origin / Etymology

From un- + ergative, from the fact that in an ergative-absolutive language, the only case which uniquely identifies a volitional argument is the ergative case, which marks the agent of a transitive verb.

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