Universal #341

Legacy number: 341

 Number  340
 Original  If in a conjugation there are confixes, then at least some of them designate subject and/or object in plural.
The same holds for dual.
 Standardized  IF confixes are used in verbal inflection, THEN the function of at least some of them is to agree with or cross-reference plural or dual subjects and/or objects.
 Keywords  verb agreement, number, plural, dual, 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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