Universal #1228

Legacy number: 1228

 Number  1224
 Original  Non-differentiation or syncretism of locative and ablative or of allative and ablative are less likely than non-differentiation or syncretism of locative and allative.
 Standardized  IF there is syncretism of locative and ablative or of allative and ablative, THEN there is syncretism of locative and allative.
 Formula  locative-ablative v allative-ablative ⇒ locative-allative
 Keywords  syncretism, case, local case, locative, ablative, allative
 Domain  inflection
 Type  imlication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
 Source  Stolz 1992: 89-90

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Saami (Uralic) does not differentiate inessive and allative, i.e. locative and ablative (mentioned in Stolz 1992)
Notes
See also ##190, 191.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See also <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">.