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Universal 650: stative-active (3) ⇒ stative-active (1&2)

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Universal 650: stative-active (3) ⇒ stative-active (1&2)

Original
IF a language has agent-patient case marking in 3rd person, it will also have agent-patient marking in 1st and 2nd persons.
Standardized
IF there is stative-active case marking in 3rd person, THEN there is also stative-active marking in 1st and 2nd persons.
Keywords
case, stative, active, person, 1, 2, 3
Domain
inflection
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Choctaw (Muskogean), Pomo (Hokan), Lakhota (Siouan), Wichita (Caddoan), Iroquoian languages, Paraguayan Guarani, Tupinaba (both Kariri-Tupi); Lotha (Burmic, Sino-Tibetan), Batsbi (E. Caucasian)
Source
Dahlstrom 1983: 45
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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