Universal #216
Legacy number: 216
| Number | 216 |
| Original | The most important morphological implications of active languages are as follows: the opposition of the active and inactive series of personal affixes in the verb conjugation and the opposition of the active and inactive cases in the noun declension, similar to each other in their function. |
| Standardized | IF alignment is active, THEN there will be an opposition of an active and inactive series of personal affixes in verb inflection and an opposition of an active and an inactive case in noun inflection, similar to each other in their function. |
| Formula | active alignment ⇒ case (Act/Inact) & personal affix (Act /Inact) |
| Keywords | alignment, active, verb, person, case, active, inactive |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages of North and South America, some ancient languages of the New East (esp. Elamite (Elamo-Dravidian)) |
| Source | Klimov 1977: 308, Klimov 1983 |
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