Universal 340:

Original: If in a conjugation there are confixes, then at least some of them designate subject and/or object in plural.
The same holds for dual.
Standardized: IF confixes are used in verbal inflection, THEN the function of at least some of them is to agree with or cross-reference plural or dual subjects and/or objects.
Keywords: verb agreement, number, plural, dual, confix
Domain: inflection, syntax
Type: no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status: achronic
Quality: absolute?
Basis: languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source: Kozinsky 1981

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