Universal #335

Legacy number: 335

 Number  334
 Original  If a language has forms in which the object is expressed with a confix, then subject can also be expressed by confix in these or other forms.
 Standardized  IF object agreement is by means of a confix, THEN subject agreement can also be by confix in the same or other verb forms.
 Keywords  verb agreement, object, subject, affix-order, confix
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Tzotzil (Mayan) (Kozinsky 1981)