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Universal 312:

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Universal 312:

Original
If among syntactic functions of a form there is the subject of intransitive verb of action, then the subject of the intransitive verb of state belongs to this number [?] as well.
Standardized
IF there is a noun form for use as as subject of intransitive verbs of action, THEN this form will also be used for intransitive verbs of state.
Keywords
subject, intransitivity, verb, active, stative
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples
Ponka (Siouan), Bats (Nakh, E. Caucasian), Chitimacha (isolate) (Kozinsky 1981)And of course the whole lot of active-stative, split/fluid intransitive languages.

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    See comments to #310.And vice versa, see #312.

    1. May 2020

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