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/mˌɔːfəsɪntˈaktɪk ɐlˈaɪnmənt/
/mˌɔːɹfəsɪntˈæktɪk ɐlˈaɪnmənt/the way in which grammatical markers and morphological processes interact with the syntax of a language to determine the alignment pattern between arguments and verb forms
What is "morphosyntactic alignment"?
Morphosyntactic alignment refers to the way languages structure grammatical relationships between verbs and their arguments, specifically how they mark subjects and objects. This concept examines the correlation between morphological marking, such as affixes or case markings, and syntactic functions, like subject or object, in a sentence. Different languages may exhibit various types of alignment, such as nominative-accusative or ergative-absolutive, which determine how the roles of participants in an action are indicated. Morphosyntactic alignment is important for understanding how languages organize information and convey meaning, influencing both sentence structure and grammatical relationships.
