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Universal 14: verb agreement with case-less objects ⇒ verb agreement with case-marked objects

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Universal 14: verb agreement with case-less objects ⇒ verb agreement with case-marked objects

Original
If verbs agree with objects, they are likelier to do so with case marked than case-less ones.
OR
There is no language, given that it has a class of direct objects including both members that are case-marked and also members that are not case-marked, where the verb agrees with some or all of those not case-marked but with none of those case-marked.
Standardized
IF verbs agree with objects when they are not marked for case, THEN they will also agree with the same objects when they are marked for case.
Keywords
agreement, case, direct object
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b
Source
Moravcsik 1978b: 365, Moravcsik 1988: 94
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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