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Grammatical relationship between arguments
In linguistics, morphosyntactic alignment is the grammatical relationship between arguments—specifically, between the two arguments (in English, subject
Morphosyntactic_alignment
Categorization of nouns and modifiers by function
Languages are categorized into several case systems, based on their morphosyntactic alignment—how they group verb agents and patients into cases: Nominative–accusative
Grammatical_case
Type of morphosyntactic alignment in linguistic typology
In linguistic typology, tripartite alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the main argument ('subject') of an intransitive verb, the
Tripartite_alignment
Pattern relating to the subject and object of verbs
In linguistic typology, ergative–absolutive alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the subject of an intransitive verb behaves like
Ergative–absolutive_alignment
Concept of sentence structure in linguistics
In linguistic typology, nominative–accusative alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which subjects of intransitive verbs are treated like
Nominative–accusative alignment
Nominative–accusative_alignment
Inuit language spoken in Greenland
words by stringing together roots and suffixes. The language's morphosyntactic alignment is ergative, treating both the subject of an intransitive verb
Greenlandic_language
Proposed concept in linguistic typology
direct-inverse alternation changes the morphosyntactic alignment, and the language is said to have hierarchical alignment. Klaiman has suggested four common
Direct–inverse_alignment
Type of morphosyntactic alignment in linguistic typology
typology, active–stative alignment (also split intransitive alignment or semantic alignment) is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the sole argument
Active–stative_alignment
Verb which takes a subject and two objects
ditransitive verbs are also referred to as resultative verbs. The morphosyntactic alignment between arguments of monotransitive and ditransitive verbs is
Ditransitive_verb
Grammatical case used to receive the direct object of a transitive verb
cases for objects, the accusative and the partitive case. In morphosyntactic alignment terms, both do the accusative function, but the accusative object
Accusative_case
Grammatical and/or semantic category of nouns
Animacy (antonym: inanimacy) is a grammatical and semantic feature, existing in some languages, expressing how sentient or alive the referent of a noun
Animacy
Branch of linguistics
claims. Another common classification distinguishes nominative–accusative alignment patterns and ergative–absolutive ones. In a language with cases, the classification
Linguistic_typology
Language family of the Arctic and sub-Arctic
The Eskaleut (/ɛˈskæljuːt/ e-SKAL-yoot), Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan languages are a language family native to the northern portions of the North
Eskaleut_languages
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
List_of_grammatical_cases
Grammar of the Georgian language
marks in the verb complex. Nominative–accusative alignment is one of the two major morphosyntactic alignments, along with ergative-absolutive. However, Georgian
Georgian_grammar
Southern Nuristani language
Nuristani Kalasha (Kalaṣa-alâ), also known as Waigali, is a Nuristani language spoken by about 10,000 people in the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan. The
Nuristani_Kalasha_language
Topics referred to by the same term
physical boundaries or at multiples of units such as 4 KB or 1 MB Morphosyntactic alignment, the linguistic system used to distinguish between the arguments
Alignment
nominative alignment is an unusual type of morphosyntactic alignment similar to, and often considered a subtype of, a nominative–accusative alignment. In a
Marked_nominative_alignment
Grammatical phenomenon in Austronesian
known as Austronesian alignment or the Austronesian focus system, is a typologically unusual kind of morphosyntactic alignment in which "one argument
Symmetrical_voice
Inflection of words according to number, gender, and/or case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Declension
Grammatical case
limited to core agents of intransitive verbs.[citation needed] Morphosyntactic alignment "Absolutive case definition at SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms"
Absolutive_case
Study of words and their formation
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Morphology_(linguistics)
Language spoken in the Philippines
subject-verb-object order. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is common among Philippine languages. It has head-initial
Filipino_language
Northern Je language spoken in Brazil
Prototypically, finite matrix clauses in Mẽbêngôkre have a nominative–accusative alignment pattern, whereby the agents of transitive verbs (A) and the sole arguments
Kayapo_language
Grammatical case
free dictionary. Antipassive voice Ergative-absolutive language Morphosyntactic alignment Volition (linguistics) Edzard, Dietz Otto (2003). Sumerian Grammar
Ergative_case
Austronesian language spoken by Butuanon people in northeastern Mindanao
Butuanon (Binutwanon, [binutwɐnʊn]) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Butuanon people in Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur, with some native
Butuanon_language
Canela-Krahô dialect of Brazil
Different main clause constructions present different combinations of alignment patterns, including split-S (default), ergative–absolutive (recent past)
Canela_dialect
Grammar of the Cebuano language
Philippine languages, are sometimes considered ergative or nominative in alignment, both being incorrect and correct as it has features of both systems.
Cebuano_grammar
Type of morphosyntactic alignment
In linguistic typology, nominative–absolutive alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the sole argument of an intransitive verb shares
Nominative–absolutive alignment
Nominative–absolutive_alignment
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Nominative_case
Grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to which something is given
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Dative_case
Extinct Native American language formerly spoken in Oregon
T:transitive marker EST:established Miluk, also known as Lower Coquille from its location, is one of two Coosan languages. It shares more than half of
Miluk_language
Type of synthetic language
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Agglutinative_language
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Ablative_case
Subfamily of the Algic languages of North America
languages is their direct–inverse (also known as hierarchical) morphosyntactic alignment, distinguishing between an unmarked voice where the subject outranks
Algonquian_languages
Concept in linguistics
3S/grow/II rezo gamoizarda. Rezo.NOM 3S/grow/II Rezo grew up. Active-stative alignment Anticausative verb – type of unaccusative Copula Deponent verb Ergative
Unaccusative_verb
Declination patterns for nouns in the Finnish language
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Finnish_noun_cases
Language with a very low morpheme per word ratio
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Isolating_language
System responsible for combining morphemes into complex structures
general and how they behave in relation to one another in the morphosyntactic alignment of the language. The description of grammatical relations can
Syntax
Grammatical case
the same category may also mark agents with verbs that use an ergative alignment, for instance, "I give you, using a pen". The instrumental case is notably
Instrumental_case
Case specifying the use of the object form of pronouns
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Oblique_case
Aspect of verb grammar
to talk about the same things. S, A, and O are terms used in morphosyntactic alignment to describe arguments in a sentence. The subject of an intransitive
Causative
Feature in the typology of certain languages
proposition. The Australian language Dyirbal behaves ergatively in all morphosyntactic contexts unless one of those is involved. When a first- or second-person
Split_ergativity
Macro-Jê language spoken in Brazil
types in Maxakalí are characterized by the ergative–absolutive morphosyntactic alignment. The agents of transitive verbs are marked by the ergative postposition
Maxakalí_language
Grammatical case for noun addressed
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Vocative_case
Bantu language of Uganda
with subject–verb–object word order and nominative–accusative morphosyntactic alignment. With at least 5.6 million first-language speakers in the Buganda
Luganda
Alor language spoken in Indonesia
shirt' Abui has a semantic alignment driven by the semantic features of the participants. A language with such a 'fluid alignment' is often referred to as
Abui_language
Part of Latin grammar
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Latin_declension
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Genitive_case
Language family of Japan
common type of morphosyntactic alignment is nominative–accusative, but neutral (or direct), active–stative and (very rarely) tripartite alignment are found
Japonic_languages
Language where one kind of inflection indicates multiple changes of aspect
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Fusional_language
Number and type of arguments controlled by a linguistic predicate
and P will be used. These are commonly used names (taken from morphosyntactic alignment theory) given to arguments of a verb. S refers to the subject
Valency_(linguistics)
In linguistic typology, transitive alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment used in a small number of languages in which a single grammatical case
Transitive_alignment
Sentence structure; the default word order in English
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Subject–verb–object word order
Subject–verb–object_word_order
Language whose grammar rarely uses word inflection
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Analytic_language
West Germanic language
an Indo-European language, English grammar follows accusative morphosyntactic alignment. Unlike other Indo-European languages, English has largely abandoned
English_language
Indigenous languages of Brazil
Prototypically, finite matrix clauses in Northern Jê languages have a split-S alignment pattern, whereby the agents of transitive verbs (A) and the sole arguments
Northern_Jê_languages
Type of language morphology
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Synthetic_language
Common ancestor of the Siouan languages
agglutination. It has been reconstructed with an active–stative morphosyntactic alignment and subject–object–verb word order. The language also had a fairly
Proto-Siouan_language
Grammatical case indicating a location
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Locative_case
Verb that does not entail a direct object
Transitive verbs Verbs Ditransitive verbs Valency (linguistics) Morphosyntactic alignment English passive voice Payne, Thomas E. (1997). Describing morphosyntax:
Intransitive_verb
Grammatical mood
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Jussive_mood
System of word ordering
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Verb–subject–object word order
Verb–subject–object_word_order
Grammatical use indicating possession
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Possessive
System of suffixes of Classical Arabic
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
ʾIʿrab
Topics referred to by the same term
disorder Multiscale approximation or multiresolution analysis Morphosyntactic alignment (linguistics) Message submission agent, a computer program used
MSA
Grammatical case denoting "partialness", "without result" or "without specific identity"
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Partitive_case
North Germanic language
Typical for an Indo-European language, Danish follows accusative morphosyntactic alignment. Danish distinguishes at least seven major word classes: verbs
Danish_language
Austronesian languages of Taiwan
of the active and passive voices, and is considered a unique morphosyntactic alignment. Furthermore, adverbs are not a unique category of words, but
Formosan_languages
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Adessive_case
Southwestern Iranian language
but the more object-like one, the morphosyntactic alignment of these constructions is ergative. Since this alignment is confined to the past tenses, it
Middle_Persian
Indigenous language spoken in parts of South America
Yanam and Yanomam dialects, but retained in the others. Yanomami morphosyntactic alignment is ergative–absolutive, which means that the subject of an intransitive
Yanomaman_languages
Phrase in linguistics
one another directly using principles of mapping. Case grammar Morphosyntactic alignment Syntax–semantics interface Thematic relations Valency (linguistics)
Theta_role
Language family native to Asia
and *N-[k]ˤen-s in the Baxter-Sagart system of Old Chinese. In morphosyntactic alignment, many Tibeto-Burman languages have ergative and/or anti-ergative
Sino-Tibetan_languages
Grammatical case denoting accompaniment
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Comitative_case
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Lative_case
Finnic language
than a prototypical polysynthetic language (e.g., Yup'ik). The morphosyntactic alignment of Finnish is nominative–accusative, but there are two object
Finnish_language
Class of language where a sentence subject is not required
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Null-subject_language
Aspect of the Irish language
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Irish_declension
Verb that entails a transitive object
of Jan) Jan jest widziany przez Marię (John is seen by Mary) Morphosyntactic alignment Hopper, Paul J; Thompson, Sandra A (June 1980). "Transitivity
Transitive_verb
1992 non-fiction work by Johanna Nichols
Head-marking vs. dependent-marking Morphological complexity Word order Morphosyntactic alignment Valence-changing operations or voice system Presence or absence
Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time
Linguistic_Diversity_in_Space_and_Time
Language classification
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Object–subject–verb word order
Object–subject–verb_word_order
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Allative_case
Approach to linguistics
language Functional grammar (disambiguation) Thematic relation Morphosyntactic alignment Linguistic typology Daneš, František (1987). "On Prague school
Functional_linguistics
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Essive_case
Reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian languages
their unusual morphosyntactic alignment, which is known as the symmetrical voice (also known as the Austronesian alignment). This alignment was also present
Proto-Austronesian_language
Highly inflected language with many morphemes per word
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Polysynthetic_language
(grammar) Dative case Ditransitive verb Ergative–absolutive alignment Morphosyntactic alignment Blansitt, E.L. Jr. (1984). "Dechticaetiative and dative"
Secundative_language
Order of syntactic constituents
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Word_order
Declensions in the Lithuanian language
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Lithuanian_declension
Extinct Eskimo–Aleut language
see why a single case can play such distinct roles at all, read morphosyntactic alignment, and also a short table about it. Some finer grammatical functions
Sirenik_language
Northeast Caucasian language native to Russia
Chechen is an agglutinative language with an ergative–absolutive morphosyntactic alignment. Chechen nouns belong to one of six genders or classes, each with
Chechen_language
Way of classifying the world's languages
non-Slavic Russia. Constructed languages take a variety of morphological alignments. The concept of discrete morphological categories has been criticized
Morphological_typology
Feature of language
Synthetic Fusional Agglutinative Polysynthetic Oligosynthetic Morphosyntactic Alignment Nominative–accusative Marked nominative Ergative–absolutive Split
Subject–object–verb word order
Subject–object–verb_word_order
Grammatical category for verbs
alternation English passive voice E-Prime Grammatical conjugation Morphosyntactic alignment Symmetrical voice Unaccusative verb Valency (linguistics) Allan
Voice_(grammar)
Eastern Iranian language of Ossetia, in the Caucasus
rigid, but tends towards SOV. Wackernagel's law applies. The morphosyntactic alignment is nominative–accusative, although there is no accusative case:
Ossetian_language
Linguistic theory giving noun phrases semantic roles
published in this particular field to lead to a definitive answer. Morphosyntactic alignment Case grammar Theta roles Semantic role labeling, a natural language
Thematic_relation
Grammatical case
e Grammatical cases List of cases Declension Morphosyntactic alignment Cases Morphosyntactic alignment Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive
Subessive_case
Rare permutation of word order
intransitive clauses. Since all of those languages have ergative–absolutive alignment, their word order is not object–verb–subject in the traditional sense
Object–verb–subject word order
Object–verb–subject_word_order
Austroasiatic language spoken in India
agglutinative inflectional morphology and follows accusative morphosyntactic alignment. There is some debate on whether Munda languages have word classes
Ho_language
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Boy/Male
Biblical
God is my fatness.
Girl/Female
Indian
Ray of Sun
Boy/Male
Latin
Knowing.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Variant of Randolph
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sanghmitra | ஸஂகமிதà¯à®°Â
Unity with friendship
Female
English
Short form of Scandinavian Kristina and English Kristina, both KRISTIN means "believer" or "follower of Christ."
Female
English
Variant spelling of Middle English Alvina, ALVENA means "elf friend."
Female
English
 Variant spelling of Old English Lea, LEAH means "meadow." Compare with other forms of Leah.
Male
Arthurian
, giant warrior.
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v. i.
To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!
n.
The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
n.
The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
n.
See Alignment.
n.
Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.
n.
Same as Alignment.
v. t.
A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics.
n.
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.