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Universal 1295: unobservable > irreversible observable > monovalent reversible > bivalent locational

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Universal 1295: unobservable > irreversible observable > monovalent reversible > bivalent locational

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Hierarchy of resultative formation:
unobservable > irreversible observable > monovalent reversible > bivalent locational

If a language has one of these semantic subclasses of resultatives, it also has all the subclasses that are to the left of it in the diagram, but not necessarily those which are to the right.

Standardized
IF there is a bivalent locational resultative, THEN there is a monovalent reversible resultative.
IF there is a monovalent reversible resultative, THEN there is an irreversible observable resultative.
IF there is an irreversible observable resultative, THEN there is an unobservable resultative.
Keywords
diathesis, resultative
Domain
syntax
Type
implicational hierarchy
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Nedjalkov (ed.) 1983, Nedjalkov (ed.) 1988
Source
Kozinsky 1988: 505
Counterexamples
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    Resultatives describing visually perceivable states are OBSERVABLE resultatives (as opposed to UNOBSERVABLE).Resultatives expressing temporary states are REVERSIBLE resultatives (as opposed to resultatives of IRREVERSIBLE states). In the case of reversible resultatives it is assumed that the state expressed can be discontinued. By the BIVALENT LOCATIONAL resultative one of the arguments denotes an object and the other argument specifies its location [e.g. The wine was poured in goblets -> The wine was in the goblets].

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