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Universal 160:

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Universal 160:

Original
If dative and transitive-clause locative are identically marked, even non-adpositionally, then dative* is also identically marked.
Standardized
IF dative and transitive-clause locative are identically marked, even non-adpositionally, THEN dative* is also identically marked.
Keywords
dative, locative, allative, syncretism
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988
Source
Blansitt 1988: 186 (vii)
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    * Presumably “dative” is a mistake; read “allative”.

    1. May 2020

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