Universal #79
Legacy number: 79
| Number | 79 |
| Original | Only languages in which passivization involves (a) the complete assumption of the coding properties of the subject by the promoted object (and thus complete loss of its original case-coding), and in addition (b) promotion of non-accusative objects to direct object via dative-shifting results in verb-coding of the semantic case of those objects, will exhibit the direct object-only constraint on passivization. |
| Standardized | IF passivization involves (a) the complete assumption of the coding properties of the subject by the promoted object (and thus complete loss of its original case-coding), and in addition (b) promotion of non-accusative objects to direct object via dative-shifting results in verb-coding of the semantic case of those objects, THEN there will be a direct object-only constraint on passivization. |
| Keywords | diathesis, passivization, dative-shift, subject, direct object, indirect object, case |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Givón 1975 |
| Source | Givón 1975: 121 |
Discussion
Notes
Accusative object in the terminology of Givón means “direct object”, and non-accusative object means “indirect object”.
Comment
Accusative object in the terminology of Givón means "direct object", and non-accusative object means "indirect object".
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