Universal 1149: sentential objects can be passivized ⇒ lexical NP objects can be passivized

Universal 1149: sentential objects can be passivized ⇒ lexical NP objects can be passivized

Original

If a language can passivize transitive verb phrases taking sentential objects then it can passivize ones taking lexical NP objects.

Standardized

IF sentential objects can be passivized, THEN lexical NP objects can also be passivized.

Keywords

diathesis, passive, object

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages in Keenan 1985a

Source

Keenan 1985a: 272

Counterexamples