Universal #487

Legacy number: 487

 Number  485
 Original  In variable order SVO languages, where indirect-object marking is optional, the indirect object is contiguous with the verb when it is unmarked, but the direct object is contiguous with the verb when it is marked.
 Standardized  In variable order SVO languages where indirect-object marking is optional, IF the indirect object is unmarked, THEN it is contiguous with the verb, and IF the indirect object is marked, THEN the direct object is contiguous with the verb.
 Formula  variable order SVO: IndO marking is optional & IndO is contiguous with the verb ⇒ IndO is unmarked; DO is contiguous with the verb ⇒ DO is marked;
 Keywords  direct object, indirect object, order, verb, SVO
 Domain  syntax, inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  44 languages in Sedlak 1975
 Source  Sedlak 1975: 147

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