Universal #336
Legacy number: 336
| Number | 335 |
| Original | If subject of transitive verb is expressed by a confix, then at least one of the parts of such a confix (prefixal or/and suffixal) may designate the subject of the intransitive verb as well (without taking into account positional phonetic changes). |
| Standardized | IF subject agreement with a transitive verb is by means of a confix, THEN the prefixal and/or suffixal part of that confix will be used for subject agreement on intransitive verbs. |
| Keywords | verb agreement, subject, transitivity, affix-order, confix |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981 |
| Source | Kozinsky 1981 |
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