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1. May 2020
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Universal 27: SA with ligative ⇒ Internal Ligative External

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Universal 27: SA with ligative ⇒ Internal Ligative External

Original
In Suffixaufnahme constructions the ligative (if there is one) is always ordered between the internal and external case.
Standardized
IF there is a ligative in Suffixaufnahme constructions, THEN it is ordered between the internal and external case.
Keywords
case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, ligative, affix-order
Domain
inflection
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.)1995
Source
Plank 1995: 4.6.1, Moravcsik 1995: 472, G10
Counterexamples
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    LIGATIVE (or Ligature): In some languages, such as Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan, Australian) and Hurrian (isolate), the attributive nominal includes, in addition to the two case markers, a third element — “a special carrier suffix” (Plank 1990) or ligative — wedged in between the two.

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