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 |
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).
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