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Universal 950:

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Universal 950:

Original
If direct and indirect/non-direct objects are distinguished in their coding, then they also differ in their syntactic behaviour (but not necessarily the reverse).
Standardized
IF direct and indirect/non-direct objects are distinguished in their coding, THEN they also differ in their syntactic behavior (but not necessarily the reverse).
Keywords
grammatical relations, object, indirect, non-direct, direct
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages in Plank 1987
Source
Plank 1987: 48
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    ## 953,955, and 956 seem to me identical. Why list them three times!?

    1. May 2020

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