rarum 93

rarum 93: two object arguments in one construction showing the same syntactic and morphological behaviour as the single object of a primary transitive verb (lgs known as “symmetrical” or “true double accusative”)

Where found

(not all) Bantu lgs (Niger-Congo); Yagua (isolate, Peru); Martuthunira (Pama-Nyungan, Australian)

Domain

syntax

Subdomain

grammatical relations: objects

Keywords

direct object

Type

rarum

Universals violated

none

Source

Donohue, Mark (1996). Bajau: A symmetrical Austronesian language. Language 72: 782-793.