Universal #324
Legacy number: 324
| Number | 323 |
| Original | If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and o-V-s, then s-V-o forms occur as well. |
| Standardized | Whenever the verb agrees with subject and object, IF the agreement affixes can occur in the orders s-o-V and o-V-s, THEN they can also occur in the order s-V-o. |
| Keywords | verb agreement, subject, object, person, affix-order |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981 |
| Source | Kozinsky 1981 |
Discussion
Notes
Kozinsky must have known a language for which the implicans is true. They can't be common, though.
Comment
Kozinsky must have known a language for which the implicans is true. They can't be common, though.
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