Universal 326: transitive verb agrees in person with DO ⇒ transitive verb agrees in person with SUBJ

Universal 326: transitive verb agrees in person with DO ⇒ transitive verb agrees in person with SUBJ

Original

If forms of the transitive verb agree in person with a direct object, then at least some of these forms agree in person with a subject of the transitive verb.

Standardized

IF the transitive verb agrees in person with the direct object, THEN at least some transitive verb forms agree in person with the subject of a transitive verb.

Keywords

verb agreement, subject, direct object, transitivity, person

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981

Source

Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples

Kalkatungu (Pama-Nyungan, Australian), Kurku (Munda, Austro-Asiatic), Waigali, Ashkun (both Nuristani, IE), Tirahi (Dardic, IE) (Kozinsky 1981)