Universal #614

Legacy number: 614

 Number  611
 Original  If a language has Switch-Reference marking between non-adjacent clauses, it will also mark Switch-reference between adjacent clauses.
 Standardized  IF there is switch-reference marking between non-adjacent clauses, THEN switch-reference between adjacent clauses will be marked as well.
 Keywords  switch-reference, order, adjacency
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Haiman & Munro 1983
 Source  Haiman & Munro 1983: xiii

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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.