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Universal 503: discontinuous affixes ⇒ prefixes &, V. suffixes

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Universal 503: discontinuous affixes ⇒ prefixes &, V. suffixes

Original
If a language has discontinuous affixes, it always has either prefixing or suffixing or both.
Standardized
IF there are discontinuous affixes, THEN there is prefixing and/or suffixing.
Keywords
affix-order, prefix, suffix
Domain
morphology
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample
Source
Greenberg 1963: 92, #26
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
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    1. May 2020

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