Universal 23:

Original: In all languages, the range of cases that can be marked on the head of a Suffixaufnahme construction may never be narrower than the range of cases marked on the attributive nominal.
Standardized: IF a case is utilized for purposes of Suffixaufnahme, THEN it will also be used otherwise.
Keywords: case, attribution, agreement, Suffixaufnahme
Domain: inflection, syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: absolute
Basis: Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.)1995
Source: Plank 1995: 4.5, Moravcsik 1995: 471, G7

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