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Universal 325:

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Universal 325:

Original
If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and V-s-o, then o-V-s forms occur as well.
Standardized
Whenever the verb agrees with subject and object, IF the agreement affixes can occur in the orders s-o-V and V-s-o, THEN they can also occur in the order o-V-s.
Keywords
verb agreement, subject, object, person, affix-order
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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