Universal #331

Legacy number: 331

 Number  330
 Original  If intransitive verbs have prefix agreement with subjects in person, then transitive verbs also agree with subject in this position.
 Standardized  IF intransitive verbs agree with subjects in person by means of prefixes, THEN transitive verbs also agree with their subjects by prefixes.
 Keywords  verb agreement, subject, person, transitive verb, intransitive verb, affix-order, prefix
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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