Universal #1919

Legacy number: 1919

 Number  1913
 Original  VO languages tend to have an unmarked accusative.
 Standardized  IF basic order is VO, THEN the "promoted" direct object tends to be unmarked.
 Keywords  order, VO, direct object, dative-shift, markedness
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Givón 1984
 Source  Givón 1984: 176

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Discussion
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Givon’s examples are KinyaRwanda, Nez Perce
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Givón's examples are KinyaRwanda, Nez Perce