Comparing Grammatical Relations (ergativity) in Japanese, Korean, Russian and More | #DailyMIKE 045
Channel: Glossika
Date: 15/07/2019

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Have you ever heard of a linguistics term "ergativity"? The official explanation is too difficult to understand for most people. In this video, Michael will be using some simple examples for you to learn the concept and learn how to switch to a different way of thinking and understanding the languages that you're learning.

Since ergativity is a closer match to describing real-world scenarios, first we look at how several "Subject - Object" languages obscure the state roles in real world scenarios. By understanding this, it's easier for you to internalize what ergativity is.

Ergativity actually shows up in English too. We'll show you examples from non-ergative languages such as English, Japanese, and Korean, and then compare this with true ergative languages like Basque and Georgian.

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📚According to Oxford Bibliographies, ergativity refers to a system of marking grammatical relations in which intransitive subjects pattern together with transitive objects (“absolutive”), and differently from transitive subjects (“ergatives”).

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