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Universal 357:

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Universal 357:

Original
If in a dominant word order VS the only possible forms are the forms of the V-s conjugation, then the forms like V-o are also the only possible ones.
Standardized
Whenever there is verb agreement with subject and object and basic word order is VS, IF subject agreement markers are always postverbal, THEN object agreement markers are always postverbal too.
Keywords
order, VS, verb agreement, subject, verb, object, affix-order
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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