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Universal 285:

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Universal 285:

Original
In all languages: if there are tri-valent causatives derived from bi-valent non-causative verbs, there must also be bi-valent causatives derived from one-place non-causatives.
Standardized
IF there are tri-valent causatives derived from bi-valent non-causative verbs, THEN there must also be bi-valent causatives derived from uni-valent non-causatives.
Keywords
verb, causative, valency
Domain
morphology, semantics
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
Nedjalkov 1966: 55-58; Vardul’ 1969, referring to Nedjalkov
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. the opposite derivation for resultatives, #1099.

    1. May 2020

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