Universal #1575

Legacy number: 1575

 Number  1571
 Original  If a language has homonymous (a) decausative reflexive verb and (b) reflexive verb with the passive sense, it is type (b) that is more tightly contextually constrained rather than type (a).
 Standardized  IF (a) decausative reflexive verbs and (b) reflexive verbs with a passive sense are homonymous, THEN it is type (b) that is more tightly contextually constrained than type (a).
 Keywords  reflexive, verb, decausative, diathesis, passive, homonymy
 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
The passive reflexive verb require particularly strong contextual support if the subject is expressed by the 1st or 2nd person pronoun and refers to a human patient (cf. Russian and Georgian). (Nedjalkov 1980: 226)
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The passive reflexive verb require particularly strong contextual support if the subject is expressed by the 1st or 2nd person pronoun and refers to a human patient (cf. Russian and Georgian). (Nedjalkov 1980: 226)