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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Ergative pattern''' is a term used for a situation in which one [[case marker]] or [[affix]] is used to mark the subject of intransitive verbs as well as the object of transitive verbs, while another [[case marker]] or [[affix]] is used for the subject of transitive verbs. The former [[case marker]] is called the [[Absolutive]] (ABS), and the latter, the [[Ergative]] (ERG). <br />
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===Example===<br />
The following examples from the paleosiberian language Chukchee are taken from Spencer (1991:24):<br />
:{|<br />
|-<br />
|(i)||''@tl@g-e''||''l_?unin''||''ek-@k ''||<br />
|-<br />
| ||father-ERG||saw||son-ABS||<br />
|-<br />
||<br />
|colspan="2"|'The father saw the son.'||<br />
|}<br />
:{|<br />
|-<br />
|(ii)||''ek-@k''||''k@tg@ntatg_?e''||<br />
|-<br />
| ||son-ABS||ran||<br />
|-<br />
||<br />
|colspan="2"|'The son ran.''||<br />
|}<br />
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===Link===<br />
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Ergative+pattern Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br />
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===References===<br />
{{:Spencer 1991}}<br />
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