Universal #1170
Legacy number: 1170
| Number | 1166 |
| Original | For any particular language, definiteness contrast obligatorily expressed for any noun phrase implies such contrast in the object noun phrase. |
| Standardized | IF there is definiteness contrast for noun-phrases other than object, THEN there is definiteness contrast in the object noun phrase. |
| Keywords | object, definiteness |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 106 languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1969 |
| Source | Moravcsik 1969: 67 |
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