ergative verb

短语

作格动词

词形变化

ergative verbs 复数 ergative verbs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ambitransitive verb where the patient is the object of the transitive, but becomes the experiencer of the intransitive use.

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    语言学

    Break is an ergative verb because when we say "The window broke", the window is the thing getting broken, it is not the vandal.

    Although it is both transitive and intransitive, paint is not an ergative verb, because when we say "Bob paints", this is very different from when we say "Bob gets painted".