Universal #162
Legacy number: 162
| Number | 162 |
| Original | No language uses different dative or spatial markers for partitives. |
| Standardized | Overt marking of dative or spatial functions does not alternate depending on whether the referent is partitive or non-partitive. |
| Keywords | indirect object, spatial complement, dative, partitive |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988 |
| Source | inferred from Blansitt 1988: 181 |
Discussion
Notes
Presumably the idea is that partitiveness may condition alternations of overt marking only for direct objects.
Comment
Presumably the idea is that partitiveness may condition alternations of overt marking only for direct objects.
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