Universal 1144: passive (stative verbs) ⇒ passive (activity verbs)
- Original
- If a language has passives of stative verbs (e.g. ‘lack’, ‘have’ etc.) then it has passives of activity verbs.
- Standardized
- IF there are passives of stative verbs, THEN there are passives of activity verbs.
- Keywords
- diathesis, passive, verb, stative, active
- Domain
- syntax, semantics
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages in Keenan 1985a
- Source
- Keenan 1985a: 249
- Counterexamples
