Universal 329:

Original: If transitive verbs have suffix agreement in person with subjects, then at least some of intransitive verbs also agree with their subjects in this position.
Standardized: IF transitive verbs agree with subjects in person by means of suffixes, THEN at least some intransitive verbs also agree with their subjects by suffixes.
Keywords: verb agreement, subject, person, transitivity, affix-order, suffix
Domain: inflection, syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: absolute
Basis: languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source: Kozinsky 1981

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