Universal 307:

Universal 307:

Original

If active and passive voices differ in verb form, then the corresponding constructions differ from each other in form of at least one of the nominal actants.

Standardized

IF active and passive voices differ in verb form, THEN the corresponding constructions differ from each other in form of at least one of the nominal actants.

Keywords

diathesis, passive, active, verb

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981

Source

Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples