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linguistic communication vs ergative language

ergative language vs linguistic communication

linguistic communication and ergative language both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistic communication Yes No No No
ergative language Yes No No No
As nouns, ergative language is a hyponym of linguistic communication; that is, ergative language is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguistic communication:
  • linguistic communication: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
  • ergative language: a type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb.
linguistic communication (noun) ergative language (noun)
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols a type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb.
Difference between linguistic communication and ergative language

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