Universal #316
Legacy number: 316
| Number | 315 |
| Original | If and only if a language has a syntactic form of the subjective*, it has a syntactic form of the accusative*. |
| Standardized | IF there is a syntactic form of the subjective* of nouns, THEN there will be a syntactic form of the accusative*, and vice versa. |
| Keywords | case, subjective, accusative |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981 |
| Source | Kozinsky 1981 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Nama (Khoisan), Awa, Kamoro (both Trans-New-Guinea, Papuan), a number of Uralic languages (Kozinsky 1981)
Notes
See comments to #310.
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