Universal #2018

Legacy number: 2018

 Number  2012
 Original  A system of switch-reference marking is found only in languages with an accusative syntax.
 Standardized  IF there is switch-reference marking, THEN alignment for (all) syntactic purposes is accusative.
 Keywords  switch-reference, alignment, accusative
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  "more than 500 languages in all" (?)
 Source  Aikhenvald & Dixon 1998: 74

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Discussion
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Cf. #615: If switch-reference marking, then basic order is verb-final.Cf. #258: If alignment is ergative, then SOV.#1271: If alignment is ergative, then basic order is not SVO.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=615"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">: If switch-reference marking, then basic order is verb-final.
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=258"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">: If alignment is ergative, then SOV.
<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?nentry_id=1271"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">: If alignment is ergative, then basic order is not SVO.