Universal #484
Legacy number: 484
| Number | 482 |
| Original | If the direct object is morphologically marked in a sentence, then the indirect object is also morphologically marked in the same sentence. |
| Standardized | IF the direct object is morphologically marked in a sentence, THEN the indirect object is also morphologically marked in the same sentence. |
| Formula | DO morphologically marked ⇒ IndO morphologically marked |
| Keywords | direct object, indirect object, markedness |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | 44 languages in Sedlak 1975 |
| Source | Sedlak 1975: 147 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Tahitian (Remote Oceanic, E. Malayo-Polynesian)(mentioned in Sedlak 1975)
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