Universal #166

Legacy number: 166

 Number  166
 Original  If a verb agrees in prefix with the direct object, then at least some of the verbs agree with the subject.
 Standardized  IF a verb agrees with the direct object by prefix, THEN at least some verbs agree with the subject.
 Keywords  agreement, verb, subject, direct object, prefix
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
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Why this specification "by prefix"? Doesn't any form of object agreement imply subject agreement?
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Why this specification "by prefix"? Doesn't any form of object agreement imply subject agreement?