Universal #900

Legacy number: 900

 Number  897
 Original  Whenever there is an opposition between a subjective and an objective conjugation, the former will be used with non-individuated or non-thematic objects, and the latter with individuated or thematic objects.
 Standardized  Whenever there is an opposition between a subjective and an objective conjugation, the former will be used with non-individuated or non-thematic objects, and the latter with individuated or thematic objects.
 Formula  individuated/thematic object ⇔ objective conjugation;
non-individuated/non-thematic object ⇔ subjective conjugation
 Keywords  conjugation, objective, subjective, object
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Lazard 1998 (see language index in Lazard 1998: 275-8)
 Source  Lazard 1998: 222-223

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