Universal 1298: postposition ⇒ Indefiniteness affixes on N are suffixed

Universal 1298: postposition ⇒ Indefiniteness affixes on N are suffixed

Original

If a language is postpositional, indefiniteness affixes on noun (if any) are suffixed.

Standardized

IF there are postpositions, THEN indefiniteness affixes on nouns are suffixed.

Keywords

order, postposition, noun, indefinite, affix-order, suffix

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

200 languages drawn from three samples: a 113-language sample by L. Stassen, a 40-language sample by J. Bybee & R. Perkins, and a 50-language sample by G. Gilligan

Source

Cutler, Hawkins, & Gilligan 1985: 729; Hawkins & Gilligan 1988: 223

Counterexamples