Universal #328

Legacy number: 328

 Number  327
 Original  If transitive verbs agree with their subjects in some grammatical feature, then intransitive verbs will agree with their subjects in each of these features.
 Standardized  IF transitive verbs agree with their subjects in some grammatical feature, THEN intransitive verbs will agree with their subjects in each of these features.
 Formula  transitive verb agrees with SUBJ ⇒ intransitive verb agrees with SUBJ
 Keywords  verb agreement, subject, transitivity
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Cf. a similar statement by Moravcsik (# 418).
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. a similar statement by Moravcsik (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=418"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">)