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

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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
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The reciprocal marker (if there is one distinct from reflexive marker) is similar in this respect to the causative marker (Nedjalkov 1980: 227).