In general, behavioral constructions ( deep ergativity ( with ergative alignment in behavioral constructions ) appear to be less common.
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Consequently, the application of the notion of ergativity to Inuktitut, and to many other languages, is somewhat controversial.
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A distributional test for ergativity is whether or not it can take a Ne-Cl ( see distributional tests below ).
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The New World differs considerably from the Old World, with much higher frequencies of head-marking, ergativity and other features.
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For more comprehensive information on the split-ergativity of Texistepec language the reader should refer to Reilly s publications in 2004 and 2007.
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Vafsi is a split ergative language : Split ergativity means that a language has in one domain accusative morphosyntax and in another domain ergative morphosyntax.
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Vafsi Tati is a split ergative language : Split ergativity means that a language has in one domain accusative morphosyntax and in another domain ergative morphosyntax.
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Many languages with ergative marking display what is known as " optional ergativity ", where the ergative marking is not always expressed in all situations.
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In addition, in some languages, both nominative ( accusative and ergative ) absolutive systems may be used, split between different grammatical contexts, called split ergativity.
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The language is important also for being one of less than 10 languages in the world, uniquely found in Northern Queensland, that embody the phenomenon of syntactic ergativity.
