Universal #159

Legacy number: 159

 Number  159
 Original  If object and transitive-clause allative are marked identically, even non-adpositionally, then dative is also identically marked.
 Standardized  IF object and transitive-clause allative are marked identically, even non-adpositionally, THEN dative is also identically marked.
 Keywords  direct object, indirect object, accusative, allative, dative, syncretism
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988
 Source  Blansitt 1988: 186 (vi)

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