Universal #1220

Legacy number: 1220

 Number  1216
 Original  If there are (local) postpositions, then there will also be nominal case inflection (not necessarily including local cases, though).
 Standardized  IF there are (local) postpositions, THEN there will also be nominal case inflection.
 Formula  local postpositions ⇒ case (noun)
 Keywords  case, local, noun, postposition
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
 Source  Stolz 1992: 75

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Stolz refers also to Greenberg [1966] 1976: 96.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Stolz refers also to Greenberg [1966] 1976: 96.