Universal #160

Legacy number: 160

 Number  160
 Original  If dative and transitive-clause locative are identically marked, even non-adpositionally, then dative* is also identically marked.
 Standardized  IF dative and transitive-clause locative are identically marked, even non-adpositionally, THEN dative* is also identically marked.
 Keywords  dative, locative, allative, syncretism
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988
 Source  Blansitt 1988: 186 (vii)

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Discussion
Notes
* Presumably “dative” is a mistake; read “allative”.
Comment
EF · 18 Jul 2007
* Presumably "dative" is a mistake; read "allative".