Universal #164
Legacy number: 164
| Number | 164 |
| Original | No language signals completive or incompletive aspect by the form of its dative, allative, or locative marking. |
| Standardized | Overt marking of dative or spatial functions (allative, locative) does not alternate depending on aspect (completive/incompletive). |
| Keywords | indirect object, allative, locative, aspect, completive, incompletive |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988 |
| Source | Blansitt 1988: 181 |
Discussion
Notes
Presumably the idea is that aspect (completive/incompletive) may condition alternations of overt marking only for direct objects.
Comment
Presumably the idea is that aspect (completive/incompletive) may condition alternations of overt marking only for direct objects.
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