Universal #902

Legacy number: 902

 Number  899
 Original  Whenever indirect constructions are in opposition with direct constructions, the former will be found with progressive aspect and partially involved objects and the latter with non-progressive aspect and totally involved objects.
 Standardized  Whenever indirect constructions are in opposition with direct constructions, the former will be found with progressive aspect and partially involved objects and the latter with non-progressive aspect and totally involved objects.
 Formula  indirect construction ⇔ progressive aspect & partial nature of the object;
direct construction ⇔ non-progressive aspect & totally involved object
 Keywords  indirect construction, aspect, progressive, 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: 224-25

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Discussion
Notes
1. In indirect constructions the agent is zero case and the other term is either oblique, often dative, or marked by an adposition (Cf. English pairs shoot/shoot at, hit/hit at).2. Cf. #903.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. In indirect constructions the agent is zero case and the other term is either oblique, often dative, or marked by an adposition (Cf. English pairs shoot/shoot at, hit/hit at).

2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=903"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">