Universal #606

Legacy number: 606

 Number  603
 Original  If in a language the definiteness of a class of noun phrases is an order-significant property, this class will include both objects and intransitive subjects, but not transitive subjects.
 Standardized  IF definite objects are differently ordered from indefinite ones, THEN also definite intransitive subjects will be differently ordered from indefinite ones.
IF definite intransitive subjects are differently ordered from indefinite ones, THEN also definite objects will be differently ordered from indefinite ones.
 Keywords  definiteness, NP, order, object, transitive subject, intransitive subject
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978d
 Source  Moravcsik 1978d: 266

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Discussion
Notes
The statement predicts that there is no language where definite transitive subjects are differently ordered from indefinte ones (Moravcsik 1978d: 266).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The statement predicts that there is no language where definite transitive subjects are differently ordered from indefinte ones (Moravcsik 1978d: 266).