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=== Other languages === | === Other languages === | ||
*German [[Absolutiv (Kasus)|Absolutiv]] | *German [[Absolutiv (Kasus)|Absolutiv]] | ||
| + | *Spanish [[absolutivo]] | ||
*Swedish [[absolutiv (sv)|absolutiv]] | *Swedish [[absolutiv (sv)|absolutiv]] | ||
*Russian [[абсолютив]] | *Russian [[абсолютив]] | ||
Revision as of 20:06, 29 March 2008
In syntax, the absolutive case is the case of the single argument of an intransitive verb and the most patient-like argument of a transitive verb.
See monotransitive alignment for further details.
Polysemy
The term absolutive is also used for a converb in Indic linguistics.
Synonyms
Origin
This term apparently originates in Eskimo linguistics, perhaps with Kleinschmidt (1851).
References
- Kleinschmidt, Samuel. 1851. Grammatik der grönländischen Sprache mit teilweisem Einschluß des Labradordialekts. Berlin.
Other languages
- German Absolutiv
- Spanish absolutivo
- Swedish absolutiv
- Russian абсолютив
