Universal 482: DO morphologically marked ⇒ IndO morphologically marked

Universal 482: DO morphologically marked ⇒ IndO morphologically marked

Original

If the direct object is morphologically marked in a sentence, then the indirect object is also morphologically marked in the same sentence.

Standardized

IF the direct object is morphologically marked in a sentence, THEN the indirect object is also morphologically marked in the same sentence.

Keywords

direct object, indirect object, markedness

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

44 languages in Sedlak 1975

Source

Sedlak 1975: 147

Counterexamples

Tahitian (Remote Oceanic, E. Malayo-Polynesian)(mentioned in Sedlak 1975)