Universal #202
Legacy number: 202
| Number | 202 |
| Original | No set of case marking elements are both independent morphemes and express subject-object relations. |
| Standardized | IF a relational marker (case, adposition) is an independent morpheme, THEN it will not express subject-object relations. IF a relational marker (case, adposition) expresses subject-object relations, THEN it will not be an independent morpheme. |
| Keywords | case, adposition, grammatical relations |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | Russian (Slavic, Indo-European), Evenki (Tungus), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Tagalog (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Amharic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Estonian, Karelian, Vepsian (all Finnic, Uralic) |
| Source | Kilby 1981: 116 (F) |
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