Universal #1748
Legacy number: 1748
| Number | 1743 |
| Original | Only in languages that have no overt articles do non-specific direct objects fail to be accusative-marked (or, in general, fail to be marked in the same way as specific direct objects). |
| Standardized | IF there are no overt articles, THEN non-specific direct objects fail to be accusative-marked. IF there are no overt articles, THEN non-specific direct objects fail to be marked in the same way as specific direct objects. |
| Keywords | article, direct object, case, accusative, specificity |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Szabolcsi 1994: 223 |
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