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

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Perkins-Bybee’s sample: 93% of languages with valence affixes are suffixing.