Universal #386

Legacy number: 386

 Number  385
 Original  The most neutral position for focus in a language will be the position normally occupied by the direct object.
 Standardized  The most neutral position for focus in a language will be the position normally occupied by the direct object.
 Keywords  focus, direct object
 Domain  syntax, pragmatics
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  a sample of 30 languages, see Gundel 1988: 210
 Source  Gundel 1988: 232

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