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Universal 334:

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Universal 334:

Original
If a language has forms in which the object is expressed with a confix, then subject can also be expressed by confix in these or other forms.
Standardized
IF object agreement is by means of a confix, THEN subject agreement can also be by confix in the same or other verb forms.
Keywords
verb agreement, object, subject, affix-order, confix
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples
Tzotzil (Mayan) (Kozinsky 1981)

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    1. May 2020

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