Universal 311:

Universal 311:

Original

If among the syntactic functions of the form there is the subject of intransitive verb of state, then the subject of intransitive verb of action belongs to this number [?] as well.

Standardized

IF there is a noun form for use as as subject of intransitive verbs of state, THEN this form will also be used for intransitive verbs of action.

Keywords

subject, intransitivity, verb, active, stative

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical, almost absolute

Basis

languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981

Source

Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples

Ponka (Siouan) (Kozinsky 1981)And of course the whole lot of active-stative, split/fluid intransitive languages.