Universal #154

Legacy number: 154

 Number  154
 Original  If the same adposition is used as a marker for both object and dative, including such non-prototypic datives as projected recipient, then object occurs unmarked in some cases.
 Standardized  IF the same adposition is used as a marker for both direct object and dative (indirect object, recipient, etc.), including such non-prototypical datives as projected recipient, THEN object occurs unmarked in some cases.
 Keywords  direct object, indirect object, recipient, adposition
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988
 Source  Blansitt 1988: 186 (i)

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