Universal 475: large case system ⇒ insensitive separatist morphology

Universal 475: large case system ⇒ insensitive separatist morphology

Original

As far as Case is concerned, cumulative exponents (and sensitive separatist exponents) appear to limit the number of terms that may potentially realize this inflexional category to no more than ten terms, while this limit may be exceeded with insensitive separatist exponents of Case terms.
(OR Languages with insensitive separatist morphology have large case paradigms).

Standardized

IF a case system is extra-large (beyond a dozen or so cases), THEN exponents of case are insensitive separatist (rather than sensitive cumulative).

Keywords

cumulation, sensitivity, case

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages mentioned in Plank 1986

Source

Plank 1986: 39, mentioned also in Moravcsik 1994a: 39

Counterexamples