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Universal 154:

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Universal 154:

Original
If the same adposition is used as a marker for both object and dative, including such non-prototypic datives as projected recipient, then object occurs unmarked in some cases.
Standardized
IF the same adposition is used as a marker for both direct object and dative (indirect object, recipient, etc.), including such non-prototypical datives as projected recipient, THEN object occurs unmarked in some cases.
Keywords
direct object, indirect object, recipient, adposition
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988
Source
Blansitt 1988: 186 (i)
Counterexamples

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    FP
    1. May 2020

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