Universal #293

Legacy number: 293

 Number  292
 Original  In all languages: if the verb agrees with the oblique object, it agrees with the direct object as well.
 Standardized  IF the verb agrees with the oblique object, THEN the verb agrees with the direct object.
 Formula  verb agreement (OBL) ⇒ verb agreement (DO)
 Keywords  verb agreement, direct object, oblique object
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

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Notes
Cf. #86; see also related ##294, 45.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=86"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">; see also related <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=294"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=45"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">