Universal #954

Legacy number: 954

 Number  951
 Original  If direct and indirect/non-direct objects are syntagmatically distinguished at all, then they are distinguished in all ditransitive constructions.
 Standardized  IF direct and indirect/non-direct objects are syntagmatically in any other kind of construction, THEN they are distinguished in all ditransitive constructions.
 Keywords  grammatical relations, object, indirect, non-direct, direct, ditransitive
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Plank 1987
 Source  Plank 1987: 48

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