Universal #188

Legacy number: 188

 Number  188
 Original  If in a language there is incorporation of the nominal subject into the verb-form, then it has incorporation of the direct object.
 Standardized  IF there is incorporation of the nominal subject into the verb, THEN there is also incorporation of the direct object.
 Formula  incorporation (Subject) ⇒ incorporation (DO)
 Keywords  incorporation, subject, direct object, verb
 Domain  morphology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. extended implicational chains for the nouns that can be incorporated in Mardirussian and Mithun (#1212, 1213).Sapir 1911 also said so. Humboldt, too (#1128).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. extended implicational chains for the nouns that can be incorporated in Mardirussian and Mithun (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1212"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1213"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">). Sapir 1911 also said so. Humboldt, too (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1128"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">).