Universal 337:

Universal 337:

Original

If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are confix-forms such as s-V-s-o, then there are s-V-o forms as well.

Standardized

Whenever the verb agrees with subject and object, IF there are confix forms such as s-V-s-o, THEN there is also non-confixal subject agreement in the order s-V-o.

Keywords

verb agreement, subject, direct object, person, affix-order, prefix, suffix, confix

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981

Source

Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples

Amharic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) (Kozinsky 1981)