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Universal 1940:

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Universal 1940:

Original
The use of all other processes of nominal derivation and inflection (namely internal modification, suprasegmental processes, subtraction, conversion, suppletion), with the exception of total reduplication, implies the use of affixation.
Standardized
IF there is internal stem modification or suprasegmental modification or subtraction or conversion or suppletion in derivation or inflection, THEN there is affixation.
Keywords
internal modification, suprasegmental modification, subtraction, conversion, suppletion, reduplication, affixation
Domain
morphology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
?
Source
C.Lehmann & Moravcsik 2000
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One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    A familiar claim, most familiar perhaps from Natural Morphology.

    1. May 2020

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