Universal #332

Legacy number: 332

 Number  331
 Original  If the prefix position is the only possible one for a subject-affix, then the object-affix also occupies this position in all forms (with the exception of Wolio) or at least in some of them (no exceptions).
 Standardized  IF in verb agreement with subjects agreement affixes can only be prefixes, THEN in verb agreement with objects agreement affixes are also prefixes in all or at least some verb forms.
 Keywords  verb agreement, subject, object, 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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Discussion
Counterexamples
The proviso “at least in some of them” allows variation of object-affix position. Thus in Wolio (Austronesian), object-affixes do not always occur in a prefix position which usually occupied by a subject-affix (Kozinsky 1981).