1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 189: ≥7 cases ⇒ case(s) for local relations Posted in Universals Archive Universal 189: ≥7 cases ⇒ case(s) for local relations Original Any case system with over a certain number of cases in it (probably somewhere around seven) will express locational relations with case forms. Standardized IF there are around seven cases or more, THEN locational relations with be expressed by case forms; but not vice versa. Keywords case system, local case Domain inflection, syntax, semantics Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis languages mentioned in Kilby 1983 Source Kilby 1983: 55 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP The reverse is not true. Russian, for example, has six cases as compared to the five of Manchu (Tungus, Altaic), but only the latter expresses location in its case system in a systematic way. (Kilby 1983: 55) 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP The reverse is not true. Russian, for example, has six cases as compared to the five of Manchu (Tungus, Altaic), but only the latter expresses location in its case system in a systematic way. (Kilby 1983: 55) 1. May 2020
The reverse is not true. Russian, for example, has six cases as compared to the five of Manchu (Tungus, Altaic), but only the latter expresses location in its case system in a systematic way. (Kilby 1983: 55)