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Universal 90:

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Universal 90:

Original
The object agreement marker in all languages where it exists bears a significant relationship to some pronouns of that language which is both formal and semantic, in that the object agreement marker is always significantly similar in phonological form to a personal pronoun and can always be used to signify by itself the meaning of some personal pronominal object complement of the verb.
Standardized
An object agreement marker cannot be formally and semantically entirely distinct from a personal pronoun (in its object form).
Keywords
object, agreement, personal pronoun, verb
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
Quality
absolute?
Basis
languages in Moravcsik 1974
Source
Moravcsik 1974: 30
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
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    1. May 2020

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