Universal #1631

Legacy number: 1631

 Number  1626
 Original  There is no language where the double object causative would be the only possible causative construction.
 Standardized  IF there is a double object causative, THEN there is an alternative causative construction.
 Keywords  causative, double object
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  mainly Kinyarwanda (Bantu, Niger-Congo), Tamil (Dravidian), but also Dutch (Germanic, IE) and Korean (Altaic)
 Source  Polinsky 1995: 211

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Discussion
Notes
Presumably a single object causative construction. Hence:IF there is a double object causative construction, THEN there is also a single object causative construction.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Presumably a single object causative construction. Hence:
IF there is a double object causative construction, THEN there is also a single object causative construction.