Universal 166:
- Original
- If a verb agrees in prefix with the direct object, then at least some of the verbs agree with the subject.
- Standardized
- IF a verb agrees with the direct object by prefix, THEN at least some verbs agree with the subject.
- Keywords
- agreement, verb, subject, direct object, prefix
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
- Source
- Kozinsky 1981
- Counterexamples
Why this specification “by prefix”? Doesn’t any form of object agreement imply subject agreement?