Universal #573
Legacy number: 573
| Number | 570 |
| Original | The definite article is not grammaticalized (made obligatory) in prepositionally marked NPs unless it is also grammaticalized in (direct) object NPs; and it is not grammaticalized in (direct) object NPs unless it is also grammaticalized in subject NPs. |
| Standardized | IF the definite article is grammaticalized in subject NPs, THEN it is also grammaticalized in direct object NPs. IF the definite article is grammaticalized in direct object NPs, THEN it is also grammaticalized in prepositionally marked NPs. |
| Formula | definite article is grammaticalized in subject NPs ⇒ definite article is grammaticalized in direct object NPs ⇒ definite article is grammaticalized in prepositionally marked NPs |
| Keywords | article, grammaticalization, PP, direct object NP, subject NP |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implicational hierarchy |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Renzi 1992: 161-176 |
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