Universal #1572

Legacy number: 1572

 Number  1568
 Original  If a language has both (a) reflexive construction with the true passive meaning and (b) special (e.g., analytical participial) forms for the passive voice, the constraints concerning the agentive object (if there are any) are likely to affect the passive of type (a) rather than type (b).
 Standardized  IF a language has both (a) a reflexive construction with true passive meaning and (b) special (e.g., analytical participial) forms for the passive voice, THEN constraints concerning the agentive object (if there are any) are likely to affect the passive of type (a) rather than type (b).
 Keywords  reflexive, diathesis, passive, agentive object
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1980
 Source  Nedjalkov 1980: 226

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. Romance languages and Georgian.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. Romance languages and Georgian.