Universal #1153
Legacy number: 1153
| Number | 1149 |
| Original | If a language can passivize transitive verb phrases taking sentential objects then it can passivize ones taking lexical NP objects. |
| Standardized | IF sentential objects can be passivized, THEN lexical NP objects can also be passivized. |
| Formula | sentential objects can be passivized ⇒ lexical NP objects can be passivized |
| Keywords | diathesis, passive, object |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Keenan 1985a |
| Source | Keenan 1985a: 272 |
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