Universal 327: transitive verb agrees with SUBJ ⇒ intransitive verb agrees with SUBJ

Universal 327: transitive verb agrees with SUBJ ⇒ intransitive verb agrees with SUBJ

Original

If transitive verbs agree with their subjects in some grammatical feature, then intransitive verbs will agree with their subjects in each of these features.

Standardized

IF transitive verbs agree with their subjects in some grammatical feature, THEN intransitive verbs will agree with their subjects in each of these features.

Keywords

verb agreement, subject, transitivity

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981

Source

Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples