In linguistic typology, split ergativity is a feature of certain languages where some constructions use ergative syntax and morphology, but other constructions show another pattern, usually nominative–accusative. The conditions in which ergative constructions are used vary among different languages. [1]
^Dixon, R. M. W. (1994). Ergativity. Cambridge University Press.
In linguistic typology, splitergativity is a feature of certain languages where some constructions use ergative syntax and morphology, but other constructions...
Kashi (2005). Marathi. Lincom Europa. Legate, Julie Anne (2014). "Splitergativity based on nominal type" (PDF). Lingua. 148: 183–212. doi:10.1016/j.lingua...
‘syntactic’ vs. ‘morphological’) ergativity (e.g. Comrie 1978; Dixon 1994): many languages have surface ergativity only (ergative alignments only in their coding...
linguistics expert consultant for the 2016 film Arrival. Coon works on ergativity, splitergativity, case and agreement, nominalization, field methodology, and collaborative...
Germany." Animacy can also condition the nature of the morphologies of split-ergative languages. In such languages, participants more animate are more likely...
language. Ergative–absolutive language Nominative–accusative language Splitergativity Blake, Barry J. (2001). Case. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press...
Syntax of Aspectually Conditioned Split-ergativity. In Alana Johns, Diane Massam, and Juvenal Ndayiragije (eds.) Ergativity: Emerging issues. Dordrecht: Springer...
grammar has many distinctive and extremely complex features, such as splitergativity and a polypersonal verb agreement system. Georgian has its own alphabet...
Indian-administrated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiri has splitergativity and the unusual verb-second word order. Since 2020, It has been made...
study of ergativity in Balochi.' M.A. thesis: School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. Farrell, Tim. 1995. Fading ergativity? A study...
limit this pattern of ergative alignment to sentences in completive aspect, classical Mayan does not show evidence of splitergativity. Its spoken form, the...
and O and the oblique for A (an absolutive–ergative alignment). Because of this split (see splitergativity), neither "nominative" nor "absolutive" is...
Yaghnobi and Kurdish are ergative, with respect to both case-marking and verb-agreement. There are general descriptions of ergativity in Kurdish, as well as...
patient[example needed]. Yet other languages behave ergatively only in some contexts (this "splitergativity" is often based on the grammatical person of the...
levels of animacy, sometimes giving way to an accusative system (see splitergativity). Most languages with a high degree of morphological marking have rather...
of the Afghans Pashto is a subject–object–verb (SOV) language with splitergativity. In Pashto, this means that the verb agrees with the subject in transitive...
Development of periphrastic tense/voice/mood constructions Syntax Splitergativity More complex agreement system Gujarati is then customarily divided...
shows splitergativity, with one set of verbs presenting ergative case, and the other, a mixed system. Wayana is a special case in splitergativity, since...
indicating clause constituents, verbal affixation marking number, splitergativity, and the presence of passives and voice. The language is non-tonal...
Pashto[1] is an S-O-V language with splitergativity. Adjectives come before nouns. Nouns and adjectives are inflected for gender (masc./fem.), number...
erstwhile subject taking the ergative construction -ne (see postpositions above). The perfective aspect thus displays splitergativity. Tabled below on the left...
questions Prefix on negative verbs No subject or object agreement in verbs Splitergativity based on tense Causatives Benefactives *- Across dialects, palato-alveolar...
subject, object, location, etc. Pitjantjatjara is a language with splitergativity, since its nouns and pronouns show different case marking patterns...
and is also among the 22 scheduled languages of India. Kashmiri has splitergativity and the unusual verb-second word order. Although Kashmiri was traditionally...