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==Other uses== Occasionally, the term 'absolutive case' (or also: 'absolute case') is used for the unmarked case form in languages with other alignment types. This is especially common in the tradition of [[descriptive linguistics]] of [[African languages]]. In [[marked nominative]] languages, where the nominative has case inflection, the accusative is unmarked and also serves as citation form. In these languages, the unmarked accusative/citation form is thus often called 'absolutive'. On the other hand, in certain [[nominative–accusative language]]s, it is the accusative which is explicitly marked for case, whereas the nominative is unmarked and serves as citation form. In such situations, the term 'absolutive' is occasionally used to describe the unmarked nominative/citation form.<ref>{{cite book |last=König |first=Christa |year=2008 |title=Case in Africa |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=23–26}}</ref> ===In tripartite languages=== In [[tripartite language]]s, both the agent and object of a transitive clause have case forms, ergative and accusative, and the agent of an intransitive clause is the unmarked citation form. It is occasionally called the [[intransitive case]], but ''absolutive'' is also used and is perhaps more accurate since it is not limited to core agents of intransitive verbs.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
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