Universal #1688
Legacy number: 1688
| Number | 1683 |
| Original | There are no languages in which deranking under non-identity of subjects is possible while at the same time deranking under identity of subjects is forbidden. |
| Standardized | IF there is absolute deranking, THEN there is conditional deranking. |
| Formula | absolute deranking ⇒ conditional deranking |
| Keywords | deranking |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 110 languages |
| Source | Stassen 1985: 85ff. |
Discussion
Notes
1. Languages which can derank consecutive predicates only in cases where the two predicates in the C-chain have identical subjects are called languages with CONDITIONAL (consecutive) deranking. Languages in which the deranking procedure does not obtain a structural condition on subject-identity and where a deranked predicate can have its own overt subject are called ABSOLUTE deranking languages. 2. Most European languages also seem to confirm this prediction in quantitative terms: If a language has both different-subject marking (DS) and same-subject marking (SS) constructions and one of these two patterns is somewhat marginal, it is usually the DS pattern that plays a marginal role. (König & van der Auwera 1990: 340)
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2. Most European languages also seem to confirm this prediction in quantitative terms: If a language has both different-subject marking (DS) and same-subject marking (SS) constructions and one of these two patterns is somewhat marginal, it is usually the DS pattern that plays a marginal role. (König & van der Auwera 1990: 340)