In linguistic typology, nominative–accusative alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which subjects of intransitive verbs are treated like...

nominative alignment is an unusual type of morphosyntactic alignment similar to, and often considered a subtype of, a nominative–accusative alignment...

those to the latter. The ergative-absolutive alignment is in contrast to nominative–accusative alignment, which is observed in English and most other...

both or none of them.[further explanation needed] Nominative–accusative (or accusative) alignment treats the S argument of an intransitive verb like...

clause, is in the nominative case ("She wrote a book"); but if the pronoun is instead the object of the verb, it is in the accusative case and she becomes...

system of a language. This is in contrast with nominative-accusative and ergative-absolutive alignment languages, in which the argument of an intransitive...

is marked, the other two roles are not – that is, a typical nominative–accusative alignment. Intransitive: no case marking az-um I(ABS)-1SG pa to Xaraɣ...

usually nominative–accusative. The conditions in which ergative constructions are used vary among different languages. Nominative–accusative languages...

Labile verb Morphosyntactic alignment Nominative-absolutive language (Marked nominative alignment) Nominative-accusative language Unaccusative verb Unergative...

the nominative pronouns I/they represent the perceiver, and the accusative pronouns me/them represent the phenomenon perceived. Here, nominative and accusative...

verb. Subject pronouns are usually in the nominative case for languages with a nominative–accusative alignment pattern. On the other hand, a language with...

ye was its nominative form and you the accusative, but over time, you has come to be used for the nominative as well. The term "nominative case" is most...

for O (a nominative–accusative alignment), and, in the past tense, the direct for S and O and the oblique for A (an absolutive–ergative alignment). Because...

languages which have nominative–absolutive clauses also have clauses which show other alignment patterns such as nominative-accusative and/or ergative-absolutive)...

The structure of Old Telugu sentences typically involved nominative-accusative alignment, with case markers indicating the grammatical roles of nouns...

translational equivalents of nominative–accusative languages such as English. In languages with ergative–absolutive alignment, the absolutive is the case...

problematic claims. Another common classification distinguishes nominative–accusative alignment patterns and ergative–absolutive ones. In a language with cases...

obliquus) or objective case (abbr. OBJ) is a nominal case other than the nominative case and, sometimes, the vocative. A noun or pronoun in the oblique case...

Helmut (2018). "Did Proto-Afroasiatic have Marked Nominative or Nominative-Accusative Alignment?". In Tosco, Mauro (ed.). Afroasiatic: Data and perspectives...

property of an ergative–absolutive alignment in the non-perfective aspects and a nominative–accusative alignment in perfective aspect. Panare is a member...

*šimmā ’if’. The Proto-Semitic language was a language of nominative-accusative alignment, which is preserved in most of its descendant languages. The...

accusative case. Instead, singular direct objects look like the genitive in direct address (Tuon maton "I'll bring the carpet") and in the nominative...

bonum, the ending -um denotes masculine accusative singular, neuter accusative singular, or neuter nominative singular. Many Indo-European languages feature...

Even can function as adjectives and adverbs. Even features a nominative-accusative alignment with subject-object-verb word order. There exists an obligatory...

Prototypically, finite matrix clauses in Mẽbêngôkre have a nominative–accusative alignment pattern, whereby the agents of transitive verbs (A) and the...

past and perfective contexts, and nominative-accusative alignment otherwise. Syntactically it is nominative-accusative. Among all Western Iranian languages...

serves to indicate number (e.g. singular, dual, plural), case (e.g. nominative, accusative, genitive, or dative), gender (e.g. masculine, feminine, or neuter)...

the nominative/genitive, and -iyan in the accusative. When definite, they take a long -ī in the nominative/genitive, and -iya in the accusative. These...

this sense, can only be used to negate nominative, accusative and genitive sentences, and not other cases. Nominative: (pol.) "(Czy) Maria jest w domu?" /...

generally follows a subject–verb–object word order, has a nominative-accusative alignment, and is considered a fusional or inflected language. Two Israeli...