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Universal 332:

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Universal 332:

Original
If the suffix position is the only possible one for an object-affix, then the subject-affix also occupies this position at least in some cases.
Standardized
IF in verb agreement with objects agreement affixes can only be suffixes, THEN in verb agreement with subjects agreement affixes are also suffixes in all or at least some verb forms.
Keywords
verb agreement, subject, object, affix-order, suffix
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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