Universal 1640:
- Original
- The principal functions within the objective recessive diathesis develop in the following succession:
decausative > passive > impersonal.Languages with the reflexive impersonal invariably display the other two objective functions of reflexive markers, and languages with the reflexive (personal) passive display decausative reflexive verbs, but not necessarily the reflexive impersonal.
- Standardized
- The principal functions within the objective recessive diathesis develop in the following succession:
decausative > passive > impersonal.Languages with the reflexive impersonal invariably display the other two objective functions of reflexive markers, and languages with the reflexive (personal) passive display decausative reflexive verbs, but not necessarily the reflexive impersonal. The principal functions within the objective recessive diathesis develop in the following succession:
decausative > passive > impersonal.Languages with the reflexive impersonal invariably display the other two objective functions of reflexive markers, and languages with the reflexive (personal) passive display decausative reflexive verbs, but not necessarily the reflexive impersonal.
- Keywords
- reflexive, diathesis, passive, impersonal
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- target < source
- Status
- diachronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- over 50 Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages
- Source
- Geniusiene 1987: 350
- Counterexamples
As achronic constraints:IF a reflexive marker has impersonal objective function, THEN it has (personal) passive function. IF a reflexive marker has (personal) passive function, THEN it has decausative function.