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Universal 188: incorporation (Subject) ⇒ incorporation (DO)

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Universal 188: incorporation (Subject) ⇒ incorporation (DO)

Original
If in a language there is incorporation of the nominal subject into the verb-form, then it has incorporation of the direct object.
Standardized
IF there is incorporation of the nominal subject into the verb, THEN there is also incorporation of the direct object.
Keywords
incorporation, subject, direct object, verb
Domain
morphology, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. extended implicational chains for the nouns that can be incorporated in Mardirussian and Mithun (#1212, 1213).Sapir 1911 also said so. Humboldt, too (#1128).

    1. May 2020

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