Ergative vs. absolutive case Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The ergative case is used, in ergative-absolutive languages which inflect for case, to mark the subject of a transitive verb.

The absolutive case, in the same context, is used to mark

• the subject of an intransitive verb;
• the object of a transitive verb.

The ergative case is typically marked (most salient), while the absolutive case is unmarked.

See also: Morphosyntactic alignment.

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