Universal #317

Legacy number: 317

 Number  316
 Original  If the indefinite direct object is provided with a syntactic form of accusative*, then the definite direct object is provided with the same syntactic form.
 Standardized  IF the indefinite direct object is marked with a syntactic form of accusative*, THEN the definite direct object is marked with the same syntactic form.
 Keywords  case, accusative, direct object, definiteness
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Nembou (Oceanic, E. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian)(Kozinsky 1981)
Notes
See comments to #310.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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