Universal #613

Legacy number: 613

 Number  610
 Original  When the Switch-Reference marker is a suffix the Marking clause precedes the
Reference clause; when the Switch-Reference marker is a verbal prefix, the Marking clause
follows the Reference clause.
 Standardized  IF the switch-reference marker is a suffix, THEN the marking clause precedes the Reference clause;
IF the switch-reference marker is a verbal prefix, THEN the marking clause follows the reference clause.
 Keywords  switch-reference, suffix, prefix, order
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Haiman & Munro 1983
 Source  Haiman & Munro 1983: xii

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Discussion
Notes
Following Munro 1980, Haiman & Munro identify the clause in which switch-reference is marked as the marking clause, and the clause with reference to which it is marked as the reference clause.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Following Munro 1980, Haiman & Munro identify the clause in which switch-reference is marked as the marking clause, and the clause with reference to which it is marked as the reference clause.