Universal #1104

Legacy number: 1104

 Number  1100
 Original  In every ergative language, as in every accusative language, the ‘antecedent’, i. e. the controller, of reflexivity is A (or S, where it is extended to intransitive).
 Standardized  Regardless of alignment, the ‘antecedent’, i. e. the controller, of a reflexive is A (or S, where it is extended to intransitive).
 Keywords  reflexive, subject, agent, controller
 Domain  syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Dixon 1995
 Source  Dixon 1995: 139

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Georgian (South Caucasian) (N. Amiridze, p.c.)