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unergativity

unergativity noun: the state or property of being unergative.

Noun

unergativity (uncountable)

  1. The state or property of being unergative.
    • Unergativity/unaccusativity is perhaps the most famous split in linguistics.2021, González, Luis H., The Fundamentally Simple Logic of Language, Routledge Focus, 2021

Origin of unergativity

From un- + ergativity.

Questions about unergativity

What does unergativity mean?
Unergativity means the state or property of being unergative.
What part of speech is unergativity?
Unergativity is a noun.

Words near unergativity in the dictionary

  1. unerectable
  2. unerected
  3. unergative
  4. unergatively
  5. unergatives
  6. unergativity
  7. unergonomic
  8. unergonomically
  9. unermined
  10. unerodable
  11. uneroded

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