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The theories of ergativity now prevailing claim that the syntactic organization of ergative constructions in ergative languages follows the pattern of accusative constructions in accusative languages.
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Shaumyan, S. (1986). The Semiotic Theory of Ergativity and Markedness. In: Eckman, F.R., Moravcsik, E.A., Wirth, J.R. (eds) Markedness. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5718-7_10
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