Universal #1099

Legacy number: 1099

 Number  1095
 Original  If there are mono-valent resultatives formed from bi-valent verbs in a language this implies that there must be bi-valent resultatives formed from tri-valent verbs.
 Standardized  IF there are mono-valent resultatives formed from bi-valent verbs , THEN there must be bi-valent resultatives formed from tri-valent verbs.
 Formula  mono-valent resultative formed from bi-valent verb ⇒ bi-valent resultative formed from tri-valent verb
 Keywords  resultative, valence
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Nedjalkov (ed.) 1983, Nedjalkov 1988
 Source  Nedjalkov & Jaxontov 1983: 23, Nedjalkov & Jaxontov 1988: 32

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. the opposite derivation for causatives - # 286.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. the opposite derivation for causatives - <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=286"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">