Universal 338:

Universal 338:

Original

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

Standardized

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

Keywords

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

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981

Source

Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples

Tzotzil (Mayan) (Kozinsky 1981)