Universal 406: inflections used cross-categorially ⇒ agglutinative (to an extent)

Universal 406: inflections used cross-categorially ⇒ agglutinative (to an extent)

Original

If a language uses at least some of its inflections cross-categorially, the language is agglutinating at least to an extent.

Standardized

IF at least some inflections are used cross-categorially, THEN morphology is agglutinative at least to an extent.

Keywords

agglutination, word class

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

Skalicka 1979, cited in Moravcsik 1994a: 47

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