Universal #339

Legacy number: 339

 Number  338
 Original  If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are confix-forms such as o-V-s-o, then there are o-V-s forms as well.
 Standardized  Whenever the verb agrees with subject and object, IF there are confix forms such as o-V-s-o, THEN there is also non-confixal object agreement in the order o-V-s.
 Keywords  verb agreement, subject, object, person, affix-order, confix, prefix, suffix
 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)
Notes
ditto
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
ditto