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Universal 1100:

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Universal 1100:

Original
In every ergative language, as in every accusative language, the ‘antecedent’, i. e. the controller, of reflexivity is A (or S, where it is extended to intransitive).
Standardized
Regardless of alignment, the ‘antecedent’, i. e. the controller, of a reflexive is A (or S, where it is extended to intransitive).
Keywords
reflexive, subject, agent, controller
Domain
syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Dixon 1995
Source
Dixon 1995: 139
Counterexamples
Georgian (South Caucasian) (N. Amiridze, p.c.)

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    1. May 2020

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