Nominative-absolutive alignment is a grammatical system in which the subject of an intransitive verb is treated the same way as the object of a transitive verb, both being marked as "absolutive". In contrast, the subject of a transitive verb is marked differently, known as "nominative". This alignment type allows for a clear distinction between the roles of subjects and objects, facilitating the understanding of grammatical relationships in sentences. Nominative-absolutive alignment is less common than nominative-accusative alignment but can be found in some languages, contributing to the diversity of linguistic structures and the ways in which languages organize information.

Definition und Bedeutung von „nominative–absolutive alignment“ im Englischen

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