Universal #326

Legacy number: 326

 Number  325
 Original  If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and V-s-o, then o-V-s 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 V-s-o, THEN they can also occur in the order o-V-s.
 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

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