Universal #333

Legacy number: 333

 Number  332
 Original  If the suffix position is the only possible one for an object-affix, then the subject-affix also occupies this position at least in some cases.
 Standardized  IF in verb agreement with objects agreement affixes can only be suffixes, THEN in verb agreement with subjects agreement affixes are also suffixes in all or at least some verb forms.
 Keywords  verb agreement, subject, object, 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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