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Universal 328:

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Universal 328:

Original
If a verb agrees with a subject in prefix, then verbs have affixes or clitics which agree with the direct object.
Standardized
IF a verb agrees with the subject by a prefix, THEN verbs have affixes or clitics which agree with the direct object.
Keywords
verb agreement, subject, direct object, affix-order, prefix, clitic
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples
Akoli (E. Sudanic, Nilo-Saharan) (Kozinsky 1981)

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    1. May 2020

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