Universal #1105
Legacy number: 1105
| Number | 1101 |
| Original | Any language that is syntactically ergative will also have some ergative characteristics at the morphological level. |
| Standardized | IF alignment is ergative for (some) syntactic purposes, THEN it will be ergative for (some) morphological purposes. |
| Formula | ergative syntactically ⇒ ergative morphologically |
| Keywords | alignment, ergative |
| Domain | morphology, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Dixon 1995 |
| Source | Dixon 1995: 177 |
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