Universal #163
Legacy number: 163
| Number | 163 |
| Original | No language uses different dative or spatial function markers for affirmative and negative clause. |
| Standardized | Overt marking of dative or spatial functions does not alternate depending on the polarity (positive/negative) of the clause. |
| Keywords | indirect object, spatial complement, affirmation, negation |
| 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 polarity (positive/negative) may condition alternations of overt marking only for direct objects.
Comment
Presumably the idea is that polarity (positive/negative) may condition alternations of overt marking only for direct objects.
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