Universal #286

Legacy number: 286

 Number  285
 Original  In all languages: if there are tri-valent causatives derived from bi-valent non-causative verbs, there must also be bi-valent causatives derived from one-place non-causatives.
 Standardized  IF there are tri-valent causatives derived from bi-valent non-causative verbs, THEN there must also be bi-valent causatives derived from uni-valent non-causatives.
 Keywords  verb, causative, valency
 Domain  morphology, semantics
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Nedjalkov 1966: 55-58; Vardul’ 1969, referring to Nedjalkov

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. the opposite derivation for resultatives, #1099.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. the opposite derivation for resultatives <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1099"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">