Universal #312

Legacy number: 312

 Number  311
 Original  If among the syntactic functions of the form there is the subject of intransitive verb of state, then the subject of intransitive verb of action belongs to this number [?] as well.
 Standardized  IF there is a noun form for use as as subject of intransitive verbs of state, THEN this form will also be used for intransitive verbs of action.
 Keywords  subject, intransitivity, verb, active, stative
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical, almost absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Ponka (Siouan) (Kozinsky 1981)And of course the whole lot of active-stative, split/fluid intransitive languages.
Notes
See comments to #310.And vice versa, see #313.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See comments to <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=310"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
And vice versa, see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=313"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">