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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