Universal #1132
Legacy number: 1132
| Number | 1128 |
| Original | If subjects and objects can be incorporated into verbs, then they are not case-marked when occurring absolutely or they are case-marked and case marking shows ergative alignment. |
| Standardized | IF subjects and objects can be incorporated into verbs, THEN they are not case-marked when occurring absolutely or they are case-marked and case marking shows ergative alignment. |
| Formula | incorporation (subjects and objects) ⇒ ¬ case-marking v ergative case-marking |
| Keywords | incorporation, subject, object, verb, case, alignment, ergative |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Humboldt 1836 |
| Source | Humboldt 1836, as interpreted in Plank 1994b: 248 |
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