Universal #1314
Legacy number: 1314
| Number | 1310 |
| Original | Valence affixes on verb (i.e. intransitive/transitive/ditransitive affixes), if there are any, are suffixed with more than chance frequency. |
| Standardized | IF there are any valence affixes on verb, THEN these will be suffixed with more than chance frequency. |
| Keywords | verb, valence, affix-order, affix-order, suffix |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | 200 languages drawn from three samples: a 113-language sample by L. Stassen, a 40-language sample by J. Bybee & R. Perkins, and a 50-language sample by G. Gilligan |
| Source | Cutler, Hawkins, & Gilligan 1985: 729; Hawkins & Gilligan 1988: 224 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Perkins-Bybee’s sample: 93% of languages with valence affixes are suffixing.
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