Universal #330

Legacy number: 330

 Number  329
 Original  If transitive verbs have suffix agreement in person with subjects, then at least some of intransitive verbs also agree with their subjects in this position.
 Standardized  IF transitive verbs agree with subjects in person by means of suffixes, THEN at least some intransitive verbs also agree with their subjects by suffixes.
 Keywords  verb agreement, subject, person, transitivity, affix-order, suffix
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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