Pronunciation: /æbˈsɑl.jʊ.tɪv/
adjective relating to a grammatical construction in certain languages that marks the subject of a transitive verb or the direct object of an intransitive verb
A1 I like to use absolutive language when writing simple sentences.
A2 The teacher explained the concept of absolutive case in a clear way.
B1 The student's essay was praised for its correct use of absolutive constructions.
B2 The linguist analyzed the text for absolutive markers to understand the syntax.
C1 The researcher's paper on absolutive alignment in languages was groundbreaking.
C2 The professor's expertise in absolutive morphology is widely recognized in the field.
formal In ergative-absolutive languages, the absolutive case marks the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb.
informal I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of absolutive case in linguistics.
slang The absolutive case is like the 'catch-all' case in some languages, covering various roles in a sentence.
figurative The absolutive case can be seen as the glue that holds the sentence together, indicating the main participant or theme.
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