Unergative Definition
adjective
(linguistics, of a verb) Intransitive and having an agent as its subject.
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noun
(linguistics) An unergative verb.
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unergativePlural:
unergativesOrigin of Unergative
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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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