Universal 16:

Universal 16:

Original

In almost all instances of Suffixaufnahme, the segmental marker of internal case is closer to the stem of the attributive nominal than is the segmental marker of external case.

Standardized

IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN the segmental marker of internal case is closer to the stem of the attributive nominal than is the segmental marker of external case.

Keywords

case, attribution, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, affix-order

Domain

inflection

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical, almost absolute

Basis

languages in Dench & Evans 1988

Source

Moravcsik 1995: 467, G1, inferred from Dench & Evans 1988: 6 and Plank 1990

Counterexamples

Kayardild (Tangic, Pama-Nyungan, Australian) (Evans 1995a)