Universal #1582
Legacy number: 1582
| Number | 1578 |
| Original | If both the reflexive marker and the causative marker in a language are affixes, both are: (a) either prefixes (cf. Abkhaz, Amharic, Klamath), or (b) suffixes (Yakut, Quechua, Aymara) or (c) the reflexive marker is a prefix and the causative marker is a suffix (Georgian, Ainu, Nivkh, Luganda, Shoshone); it is unlikely for the reflexive marker to be a suffix and the causative marker, a prefix. |
| Standardized | IF both reflexive marker and the causative marker are affixes, THEN it is unlikely for the reflexive marker to be a suffix and the causative marker a prefix. The likelihood is that they are both prefixes or both suffixes, or that the reflexive is a prefix and the causative a suffix. |
| Keywords | reflexive marker, causative marker, affix-order, suffix, prefix |
| Domain | morphology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1980 |
| Source | Nedjalkov 1980: 227 |
Discussion
Notes
The reciprocal marker (if there is one distinct from reflexive marker) is similar in this respect to the causative marker (Nedjalkov 1980: 227).
Comment
The reciprocal marker (if there is one distinct from reflexive marker) is similar in this respect to the causative marker (Nedjalkov 1980: 227).
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