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Universal 204:

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Universal 204:

Original
No set of case marking elements are both independent morphemes and fail to express concrete relations.
Standardized
IF a relational marker (case, adposition) is an independent morpheme, THEN it will not fail to express concrete relations.
IF a relational marker (case, adposition) fails to express concrete relations, THEN it will not be an independent morpheme.
Keywords
case, adposition, local relations
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Russian (Slavic, Indo-European), Evenki (Tungus), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Tagalog (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Amharic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Estonian, Karelian, Vepsian (all Finnic, Uralic)
Source
Kilby 1981: 116 (H)
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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