Universal #1570
Legacy number: 1570
| Number | 1566 |
| Original | If there is a group of deagentive reflexive constructions, where (a) the agent can be expressed, (b) there is no subject, and (c) there is a direct object, then there will be (or must have been earlier) two other groups of deagentive reflexive constructions; one group, where (a) the agent cannot be expressed (b) there is a subject, (c) there is no direct object; and the other, where (a) the agent cannot be expressed (b) there is no subject, (c) there is no direct object. |
| Standardized | IF there is a group of deagentive reflexive constructions, where (a) the agent can be expressed, (b) there is no subject, and (c) there is a direct object, THEN there will be (or must have been earlier) two other groups of deagentive reflexive constructions; one group, where (a) the agent cannot be expressed (b) there is a subject, (c) there is no direct object; and the other, where (a) the agent cannot be expressed (b) there is no subject, (c) there is no direct object. |
| Keywords | reflexive, deagentive, agent, subject, direct object |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1978, Nedjalkov 1980 |
| Source | Nedjalkov 1978: 36, Nedjalkov 1980: 226 |
Discussion
Notes
DEAGENTIVE RC is a type of RC, with the agent identical with the agent-subject of non-reflexive construction, but not expressed by a subject RC.
Comment
DEAGENTIVE RC is a type of RC, with the agent identical with the agent-subject of non-reflexive construction, but not expressed by a subject RC.
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