Definition & Meaning | English word SPLIT-S

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Definitions of SPLIT-S

1. Alternative form of split S.
2. (grammar) A grammatical system that splits the class of intransitive subjects, using a morphosyntactic alignment called active–stative alignment, or split intransitive alignment.

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Examples of Using SPLIT-S in a Sentence

• The historical origin of the nominative–absolutive clauses in Canela has been shown to be a reanalysis of former biclausal constructions (a split-S matrix clause, headed by the auxiliary, and an ergative–absolutive embedded clause, headed by the lexical verb) as monoclausal, with the loss of the ergative.

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