Universal #1280
Legacy number: 1280
| Number | 1276 |
| Original | If a language of the unitransitive SVO type has different relative orders depending upon whether the direct object is marked or unmarked, the order is SVDO with s unmarked indirect object and SVOD with a marked indirect object. |
| Standardized | IF indirect object is unmarked, THEN SVDO. IF indirect object is marked, THEN SVOD. |
| Keywords | bitransitive clause, unitransitive clause, order, indirect , direct object |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 107 languages in Blansitt 1973 |
| Source | Blansitt 1973: 20 |
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