Active-stative alignment is a grammatical system used in some languages to differentiate between the subjects of active verbs and those of stative verbs. In this alignment type, the subject of an active verb, which typically describes an action, is treated differently from the subject of a stative verb, which describes a state or condition. In active-stative alignment, the subject of the stative verb is often marked similarly to the object of a transitive verb, while the subject of the active verb is marked in a distinct way. This system provides insights into how languages categorize actions and states, influencing sentence structure and the expression of meaning.

What is "active–stative alignment"?

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