Universal #1573

Legacy number: 1573

 Number  1569
 Original  If both perfective and imperfective verbs build the passive forms with reflexive marker, the constraints on the use of the agentive object are more likely to affect the perfective verb.
 Standardized  IF both perfective and imperfective verbs form the passive with a reflexive marker, THEN constraints on the use of the agentive object are more likely to affect the perfective verb.
 Keywords  reflexive, diathesis, passive, perfective verb, imperfective verb
 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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