Universal #192

Legacy number: 192

 Number  192
 Original  A relation that is higher on the hierarchy of centrality (subject-object > local relations; locative > ablative; ...) than another one will not be expressed lower down on the grammatical-to-lexical hierarchy of expression (word order > verbal coding > case > adpositions > ...).
 Standardized  A relation that is higher on the hierarchy of centrality (subject-object > local relations; locative > ablative; ...) than another one will not be expressed lower down on the grammatical-to-lexical hierarchy of expression (word order > verbal coding > case > adpositions > ...).
 Keywords  grammatical relations, local relations, word order, case, adposition
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implicational hierarchy
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Kilby 1983
 Source  Kilby 1983: 3-4

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Discussion
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The principle suggested in #191 fits into this larger generalization relating types of expression and types of case relation.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The principle suggested in <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=191"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> fits into this larger generalization relating types of expression and types of case relation.