Universal #211

Legacy number: 211

 Number  211
 Original  The most important implications of the nominative type are: the single “subject” series of personal affixes in the verb conjugation; and the opposition of the nominative and accusative cases in the noun declension.
 Standardized  IF alignment is accusative, THEN there will be a single “subject” series of personal affixes in verb inflection and an opposition of a nominative and an accusative case in noun inflection.
 Formula  nominative alignment ⇒ case (Nom/Acc) & personal affix (SUB)
 Keywords  alignment, accusative, verb, person, subject, case, accusative, nominative
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  almost absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Klimov 1983
 Source  Klimov 1983 102

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Discussion
Notes
Sometimes in nominative languages verb inflection may also include an “object” series of personal affixes (Klimov 1983).[Too bad. ]
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Sometimes in nominative languages verb inflection may also include an "object" series of personal affixes (Klimov 1983). [Too bad. ]