Universal #309
Legacy number: 309
| Number | 308 |
| Original | If active and passive voices differ from each other in nominal actants form, they differ in verb form as well. |
| Standardized | IF active and passive voices differ from each other in the form of nominal actants, THEN they differ in verb form as well. |
| Keywords | diathesis, active, passive, verb |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981 |
| Source | Kozinsky 1981 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Old Chinese, Saam (both Sino-Tibetan)(Kozinsky 1981)
Notes
Cf. #308. So the implication is supposed to be mutual.
Comment
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=308"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> So the implication is supposed to be mutual.
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