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Universal 606:

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Universal 606:

Original
If there are two verb-lexicalization rules in a language such that the two meaning characterization contrast only in the quantity or quality of some noun phrase referent involved in the event, this noun phrase constituent will be either an object or an intransitive subject, but not a transitive subject.
Standardized
If there are two verb-lexicalization rules in a language such that the two meaning characterization contrast only in the quantity or quality of some noun phrase referent involved in the event, this noun phrase constituent will be either an object or an intransitive subject, but not a transitive subject.
Keywords
lexicalization, intransitive subject, transitive subject, object
Domain
syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978d
Source
Moravcsik 1978d: 272
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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