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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