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 |
Discussion
Notes
A familiar claim, most familiar perhaps from Natural Morphology.
Comment
A familiar claim, most familiar perhaps from Natural Morphology.
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