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Universal 952:

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Universal 952:

Original
If direct and indirect/non-direct objects differ in their overt coding of whatever kind (at least minimally), then they will also differ in their syntactic behaviour (at least minimally), (but not necessarily the reverse).
Standardized
IF direct and indirect/non-direct objects differ in their overt coding of whatever kind (at least minimally), THEN they will also differ in their syntactic behavior (at least minimally), but not necessarily vice versa.
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: 49
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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