Universal 1568:

Original: If a language has both (a) reflexive construction with the true passive meaning and (b) special (e.g., analytical participial) forms for the passive voice, the constraints concerning the agentive object (if there are any) are likely to affect the passive of type (a) rather than type (b).
Standardized: IF a language has both (a) a reflexive construction with true passive meaning and (b) special (e.g., analytical participial) forms for the passive voice, THEN constraints concerning the agentive object (if there are any) are likely to affect the passive of type (a) rather than type (b).
Keywords: reflexive, diathesis, passive, agentive object
Domain: inflection, syntax
Type: no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status: achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1980
Source: Nedjalkov 1980: 226

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