Universal #184

Legacy number: 184

 Number  184
 Original  If the accusative-case marker in (3rd person) pronouns and indefinite nouns is the same, it will also be the same in definite nouns.
 Standardized  IF the accusative case marker in (3rd person) pronouns and indefinite nouns is the same, THEN it will also be the same in definite nouns.
 Formula  (Acc(3p pronoun) = Acc(Indef noun)) ⇒ (Acc(3p pronoun) = Acc(Def noun))
 Keywords  case, accusative, pronoun, person, 3, noun, definiteness
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Moravcsik 1993, via Hurford & Kirby

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