Universal 229: number (noun) ⇒ case (noun)

Universal 229: number (noun) ⇒ case (noun)

Original

If nominals inflect for number, they also inflect for case.

Standardized

IF nominals inflect for number, THEN they also inflect for case.

Keywords

noun, number, case

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Arabic, Chaldean, Hebrew (all Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Turkish (S. Turkic, Altaic), Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish (all Indo-European), Chinese (Sino-Tibetan), Vietnamese (Mon-Khmer)

Source

Campanella 1638, as interpreted in Plank 1999: 8

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