Sentences with ERGATIVE-ABSOLUTIVE-LANGUAGE
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"In the ergative-absolutive language, the subject of an intransitive verb is treated differently than the subject of a transitive verb."
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"In this ergative-absolutive language, the noun marking on a verb changes depending on the case role of the argument."
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"One characteristic of an ergative-absolutive language is the use of different morphological markers for the subject and object of a transitive verb."
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"The word order in an ergative-absolutive language often differs from that of a nominative-accusative language."
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"In an ergative-absolutive language, the absolutive case is typically unmarked, while the ergative case is marked."
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"The syntactic alignment of an ergative-absolutive language distinguishes between intransitive and transitive subjects."
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"In ergative-absolutive languages, case is marked on both the verb and the noun."
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"A key feature of an ergative-absolutive language is the hierarchical alignment of transitive and intransitive subjects."
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"In an ergative-absolutive language, the agent of a transitive verb is marked in the same case as the subject of an intransitive verb."