Universal #1221

Legacy number: 1221

 Number  1217
 Original  If postpositions inflect for case, then nouns will also inflect for case.
 Standardized  IF postpositions inflect for case, THEN nouns will also inflect for case.
 Formula  case (postposition) ⇒ case (noun)
 Keywords  case, noun, postposition
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
 Source  Stolz 1992: 75

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Postpositions inflecting for case are diachronically grammaticalized from nouns inflecting for case.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Postpositions inflecting for case are diachronically grammaticalized from nouns inflecting for case.