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Universal 1572:

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Universal 1572:

Original
If there are reciprocal and antipassive reflexive verb and if there is any overlapping between any groups of reflexive verb, there is a more massive overlapping between the reciprocals and antipassives than between either of these groups and any other, e.g. true reflexives.
Standardized
IF there are reciprocal and antipassive reflexive verbs and IF there is any overlapping between any groups of reflexive verbs, THEN there is a more massive overlapping between the reciprocals and antipassives than between either of these groups and any others, e.g. true reflexives.
Keywords
reflexive, verb, reciprocal, antipassive
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Nedjalkov 1980
Source
Nedjalkov 1980: 226
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. Russian and Lithuanian.

    1. May 2020

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