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Universal 310:

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Universal 310:

Original
If some nouns have a syntactic form of indefinitive*, then the citation form coincides exactly with this syntactic form.
Standardized
The citation form of the noun tends to be the indefinitive form, if indefinitive contrasts with other forms.
Keywords
noun, indefinitive
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples
Nama (Khoisan)(Kozinsky 1981)

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  1. FP
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    1. May 2020

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