Universal #1946

Legacy number: 1946

 Number  1940
 Original  The use of all other processes of nominal derivation and inflection (namely internal modification, suprasegmental processes, subtraction, conversion, suppletion), with the exception of total reduplication, implies the use of affixation.
 Standardized  IF there is internal stem modification or suprasegmental modification or subtraction or conversion or suppletion in derivation or inflection, THEN there is affixation.
 Keywords  internal modification, suprasegmental modification, subtraction, conversion, suppletion, reduplication, affixation
 Domain  morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  ?
 Source  C.Lehmann & Moravcsik 2000

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Discussion
Notes
A familiar claim, most familiar perhaps from Natural Morphology.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
A familiar claim, most familiar perhaps from Natural Morphology.