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Universal 308:

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Universal 308:

Original
If active and passive voices differ from each other in nominal actants form, they differ in verb form as well.
Standardized
IF active and passive voices differ from each other in the form of nominal actants, THEN they differ in verb form as well.
Keywords
diathesis, active, passive, verb
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples
Old Chinese, Saam (both Sino-Tibetan)(Kozinsky 1981)

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #308. So the implication is supposed to be mutual.

    1. May 2020

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