Universal 64:

Original: In nominative-accusative languages the causee of causative verbs derived from transitive verbs is an oblique object, whereas in ergative languages it is a direct object
Standardized: IF alignment is (exclusively or overwhelmingly) nominative-accusative, THEN the causee of causative verbs derived from transitive verbs is an oblique object;
IF alignment is (exclusively or overwhelmingly) ergative-absolutive, THEN the causee of causative verbs derived from transitive verbs is a direct object.
Keywords: alignment, ergative-absolutive, nominative-accusative, causative, object, direct, oblique
Domain: morphology, syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: absolute?
Basis: languages mentioned in Klimov 1983
Source: inferred from Klimov 1985: 53, Klimov 1983: 98

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