Universal #1431

Legacy number: 1431

 Number  1427
 Original  If in a language there are no prefixes, then there will be inflectional (i.e. not prepositional) local cases.
 Standardized  If there are no prefixes, THEN there are no prepositions.

OR, BY CONTRAPOSITION:
If there are prepositions, THEN there will be prefixes.
 Formula  ¬prefix ⇒ ¬preposition; ¬prefix ⇒ inflectional local cases;
prepositions ⇒ prefixes
 Keywords  prefix, preposition, local case
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Serebrennikov 1974: 295

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???Cf. #697.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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