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Universal 1139: verb morpheme (reflexive & passive use) ⇒ verb morpheme (anticausative use)

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Universal 1139: verb morpheme (reflexive & passive use) ⇒ verb morpheme (anticausative use)

Original
If a verbal morpheme has both the reflexive and the passive use, then it will also have the anticausative use.
Standardized
IF a verbal morpheme has both reflexive and passive use, THEN it will also have the anticausative use.
Keywords
morpheme, reflexive, passive, anticausative
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Haspelmath 1987
Source
Haspelmath 1987: 30, cited in Haspelmath 1990: 35
Counterexamples
Slave (Athabaskan), Rukai (Tsouic, Formosan), Tuareg (Berber, Afro-Asiatic), Worora (Wororan, Australian) (Haspelmath 1990: 35)

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    This reflexive-anticausative-passive implication finds its explanation in the grammaticization of NP-reflexives that are first extended to the anticausative use and only in the second step to the passive use (Haspelmath 1990: 42ff).

    1. May 2020

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