Inuktitut the tense marker itself carries much of that information. Ergativity in Inuktitut Inuktitut marks the subject of a non-specific verb and the object of a specific verb in the same way – the absence of a specific morphological marker – and marks the subject of a specific verb and the object of a non-specific verb with particular morphological elements. This kind of morphosyntactic structure is often called an ergative structure. However, ergativity in its most clearly defined instances is primarily about transitive and intransitive verbs. This dichotomy is not identical to the specific/non-specific verb distinction in Inuktitut, since Inuktitut usage is also concerned with the definiteness of the objects of verb, Consequently, the application of the notion of ergativity to Inuktitut, and to many other languages, is somewhat controversial. Regardless, by analogy with more conventionally ergative languages, the -up, -k, -it endings described above are often called ergative suffixes which are taken to be indicative of the ergative case, while the -mik, -rnik, -nik endings (see Non-specific verbs – Objects) are called accusative. This usage is often seen in linguistics literature describing Inuktitut, and sometimes in pedagogic literature and dictionaries, but remains a quite foreign vocabulary to most Inuit. See also Greenlandic grammar References Inuktitut Linguistics for Technocrats, Mick Mallon. [covers Inuktitut nominal morphology omitted from this article] Introductory Inuktitut and Introductory Inuktitut Reference Grammar, Mick Mallon, 1991. and Inuktitut: A multi-dialectal outline dictionary (with an Aivilingmiutaq base), Alex Spalding, 1998. Inuktitut: a Grammar of North Baffin Dialects, Alex Spalding, 1992. Arctic Languages: An Awakening, ed: Dirmid R. F. Collis. Available in PDF via the UNESCO website. Textbook Let's Learn Eskimo (2nd Ed.), Donald H. Webster, 1968. Fairbanks, Alaska. Although as many of the examples as possible are novel or extracted from Inuktitut texts, some of the examples in this article are drawn from Introductory Inuktitut and Inuktitut Linguistics for Technocrats. External linksDictionaries and lexicaInuktut Grammar Dictionary Tusaalanga: Learn Inuktut On-line Inuktitut – English Dictionary Interactive IñupiaQ Dictionary Oqaasileriffik Language databaseWebpages A Brief History of Inuktitut Writing Culture Our Language, Our Selves Alt.folklore.urban on Eskimo words for snow.Arctic Languages: An Awakening', ed: Dirmid R. F. Collis. Available in PDF via the UNESCO website (chapter with Inuit grammar). SP:specific NSP:non-specific 1 Native American grammars