Universal 328: Original If a verb agrees with a subject in prefix, then verbs have affixes or clitics which agree with the direct object. Standardized…
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Universal 328: Original If a verb agrees with a subject in prefix, then verbs have affixes or clitics which agree with the direct object. Standardized…
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Universal 327: transitive verb agrees with SUBJ ⇒ intransitive verb agrees with SUBJ Original If transitive verbs agree with their subjects in some grammatical feature,…
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Universal 326: transitive verb agrees in person with DO ⇒ transitive verb agrees in person with SUBJ Original If forms of the transitive verb agree…
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Universal 325: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and V-s-o,…
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Universal 324: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and s-V-o,…
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Universal 323: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and o-V-s,…
Universal 322: ergative (nouns) ⇒ non-zero allomorphs Original If nouns have a syntactic form of the ergative, then at least some of its allomorphs are…
Universal 321: acc (nouns) ⇒ some non-zero allomorphs Original If nouns have a syntactic form of the accusative, then at least some of its allomorphs…
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Universal 320: nominative/accusative (pronouns) ⇒ nominative/accusative (nouns) Original If personal pronouns have an opposition of the syntactic forms of nominative and accusative, then this opposition…
Universal 304: three-member passive ⇒ two-member passive Original If there is a three-member passive construction, then there will be a two-member passive construction, derived from…