Universal #1884
Legacy number: 1884
| Number | 1879 |
| Original | In many languages there is a strong correlation between the presence of an expletive subject and some definite argument elsewhere in the clause. |
| Standardized | IF there is an expletive subject, THEN there is some definite argument elsewhere in the clause. |
| Keywords | clause, expletive subject, definite argument |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed by Reuland & ter Meulen 1987 |
| Source | Reuland & ter Meulen 1987: 1-2 |
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