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Type of morphosyntactic alignment in linguistic typology
In linguistic typology, tripartite alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the main argument ('subject') of an intransitive verb, the agent argument ('subject') of a transitive verb, and the patient argument of a transitive verb are each treated distinctly in the grammatical system of a language. This is in contrast with nominative-accusative and ergative-absolutive alignment languages, in which the argument of an intransitive verb patterns with either the agent argument of the transitive or with the patient argument of the transitive. Thus, whereas in English, "she" in "she runs" patterns with "she" in "she finds it", and an ergative language would pattern "she" in "she runs" with "her" in "he likes her", a tripartite language would treat the "she" in "she runs" as morphologically and/or syntactically distinct from either argument in "he likes her". Wikipedia →
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- Skim a recent paper: PD26-12 TRIPARTITE RECLASSIFICATION OF T1 RENAL CELL CARCINOMA IS ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCED PREDICTION ALIGNMENT OF OUTCOMES: ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL CANCER DATABASEInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Advances in Multimedia ModelingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Understanding how DevOps aligns development and operations: a tripartite model of intra-IT alignmentCited 45 times
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Understanding how DevOps aligns development and operations: a tripartite model of intra-IT alignment
The Origin of Differential Object Marking and Tripartite Alignment in Udi (East Caucasian)
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Advances in Multimedia ModelingShipeng Li · 2012- 📕Sacred games, death, and renewal in the ancient Eastern WoodlandsA. Martin Byers · 2011
A TOUR OF THE WORLDMalik Mansab Khan, Muhammad Rafique Abdul Aziz · 2025
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