Universal #1225

Legacy number: 1225

 Number  1221
 Original  Systems of local cases prototypically include a locative (‘where’ case), an allative (‘where to’ case), and an ablative (‘where from’ case).
 Standardized  IF there is a locative case, THEN there will be an allative, and vice versa.
IF there is a locative case, THEN there will be an ablative, and vice versa.
IF there is an allative case, THEN there will be an ablative, and vice versa.
 Formula  locative ⇔ allative ⇔ ablative
 Keywords  case system, local case, locative, ablative, allative
 Domain  inflection
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
 Source  Stolz 1992: 30; 77-71

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See ##190, 191, 1227, 1228.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=190"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=191"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1227"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1228"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.