Universal 36:

Universal 36:

Original

If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it will also have at least one of the following NP-internal case marking patterns: complete marking, free marking (only if Suffixaufnahme is optional), final marking (only if the attributive nominal is head).

Standardized

IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there is also at least one of the following NP-internal case marking patterns: complete marking, free marking (only if Suffixaufnahme is optional), final marking (only if the attributive nominal is the head).

Keywords

case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, marking

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.)1995

Source

Moravcsik 1995: 474, G19

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