Universal #653

Legacy number: 653

 Number  650
 Original  IF a language has agent-patient case marking in 3rd person, it will also have agent-patient marking in 1st and 2nd persons.
 Standardized  IF there is stative-active case marking in 3rd person, THEN there is also stative-active marking in 1st and 2nd persons.
 Formula  stative-active (3) ⇒ stative-active (1&2)
 Keywords  case, stative, active, person, 1, 2, 3
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Choctaw (Muskogean), Pomo (Hokan), Lakhota (Siouan), Wichita (Caddoan), Iroquoian languages, Paraguayan Guarani, Tupinaba (both Kariri-Tupi); Lotha (Burmic, Sino-Tibetan), Batsbi (E. Caucasian)
 Source  Dahlstrom 1983: 45

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