See Also: phthisic(medicine)
phthisic(dictionary)

ergativity (sh) and phthisic (medicine)


ergativity (sh)




Tendency of a language to pair the subject, or agent, of an intransitive verb with the object, or patient, of a transitive verb.

This contrasts with the situation in nominative-accusative Languages such as Latin or English, in which the subjects of both transitive and intransitive verbs are paired grammatically and distinguished from the object of a transitive verb. Languages or language Families that display ergativity to varying degrees include Sumerian, Caucasian Languages, Eskimo-Aleut, Maya, Australian Aboriginal Languages, and many American Indian Languages.


phthisic (medicine)


phthisic


Phthisical

An obsolete terms relating to phthisis.

Origin: G. Phthisikos, consumptive