Universal #287
Legacy number: 287
| Number | 286 |
| Original | If a causative morpheme is unproductive in relation to transitives, forming from them a relatively small (closed) group of trivalent causatives, among the latter are usually found causatives from verbs denoting abstract action, which provide causative oppositions such as ‘see – show’, and also from a few verbs of concrete action denoting the consumption of food. |
| Standardized | IF a causative morpheme is unproductive in relation to transitives, forming from them a relatively small (closed) group of trivalent causatives, THEN verbs denoting abstract action and verbs of concrete action denoting the consumption of food will usually be among these transitive bases. |
| Keywords | transitivity, causative, valency |
| Domain | morphology, semantics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969, Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1973 |
| Source | see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Nedjalkov, Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1969: 34, Nedjalkov & Sil’nickij 1973: 16 |
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