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Universal 1565: non-modal RC ⇒ modal RC

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Universal 1565: non-modal RC ⇒ modal RC

Original
Within the class of deagentive reflexive constrictions the following implications may be assumed: if there are non-modal reflexive constructions, there will be modal reflexive constructions.
Standardized
IF there are non-modal reflexive constructions, THEN there will be modal reflexive constructions.
Keywords
reflexive, modal
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1978, Nedjalkov 1980
Source
Nedjalkov 1978: 35-36, Nedjalkov 1980: 226
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP

    DEAGENTIVE RC is a type of RC, with the agent identical with the agent-subject of non-reflexive construction, but not expressed by a subject RC. The deagentive RC can be classified according to the “modal sense” feature into: the MODAL deagentive RC, e.g., Russian: On dremlet [he:Nom is.dozing] ‘He is dozing’ => (Jemu) dermlet-sja [(he: Dat) is.dozing-ReflMarker] ‘Dozing overtakes (him)’; and the NON-MODAL deagentive RC, e.g., Oni skladyvajut krovat’ [they fold bed] ‘They fold the bed’ => Krovat’ skladyvaet-sja (imi) [bed is.folded-ReflMarker (by.them)] ‘The bed is folded (by them)’.

    1. May 2020

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