Universal #1284

Legacy number: 1284

 Number  1280
 Original  If the direct object is marked when its referent is inanimate, it is also marked when its referent is animate; if the direct object is marked when its referent is non-human, it is also marked when its referent is human.
 Standardized  IF the direct object is marked when its referent is inanimate, THEN it is also marked when its referent is animate;
IF the direct object is marked when its referent is non-human, THEN it is also marked when its referent is human.
 Keywords  direct object, animate, inanimate, human, non-human
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 107 languages in Blansitt 1973
 Source  Blansitt 1973: 20

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. ##12, 46, 488.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=13"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=46"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=48"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.