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Universal 1879:
- Original
- In many languages there is a strong correlation between the presence of an expletive subject and some definite argument elsewhere in the clause.
- Standardized
- IF there is an expletive subject, THEN there is some definite argument elsewhere in the clause.
- Keywords
- clause, expletive subject, definite argument
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages surveyed by Reuland & ter Meulen 1987
- Source
- Reuland & ter Meulen 1987: 1-2
- Counterexamples
