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Universal 323:

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Universal 323:

Original
If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and o-V-s, then s-V-o forms occur as well.
Standardized
Whenever the verb agrees with subject and object, IF the agreement affixes can occur in the orders s-o-V and o-V-s, THEN they can also occur in the order s-V-o.
Keywords
verb agreement, subject, object, person, affix-order
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Kozinsky must have known a language for which the implicans is true. They can’t be common, though.

    1. May 2020

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