Universal 1566:

Original: If there is a group of deagentive reflexive constructions, where
(a) the agent can be expressed,
(b) there is no subject, and
(c) there is a direct object, then there will be (or must have been earlier) two other groups of deagentive reflexive constructions; one group, where
(a) the agent cannot be expressed
(b) there is a subject,
(c) there is no direct object; and the other, where
(a) the agent cannot be expressed
(b) there is no subject,
(c) there is no direct object.
Standardized: IF there is a group of deagentive reflexive constructions, where
(a) the agent can be expressed,
(b) there is no subject, and
(c) there is a direct object,
THEN there will be (or must have been earlier) two other groups of deagentive reflexive constructions; one group, where
(a) the agent cannot be expressed
(b) there is a subject,
(c) there is no direct object; and the other, where
(a) the agent cannot be expressed
(b) there is no subject,
(c) there is no direct object.
Keywords: reflexive, deagentive, agent, subject, direct object
Domain: syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1978, Nedjalkov 1980
Source: Nedjalkov 1978: 36, Nedjalkov 1980: 226

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