Universal #229

Legacy number: 229

 Number  229
 Original  If nominals inflect for number, they also inflect for case.
 Standardized  IF nominals inflect for number, THEN they also inflect for case.
 Formula  number (noun) ⇒ case (noun)
 Keywords  noun, number, case
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Arabic, Chaldean, Hebrew (all Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Turkish (S. Turkic, Altaic), Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish (all Indo-European), Chinese (Sino-Tibetan), Vietnamese (Mon-Khmer)
 Source  Campanella 1638, as interpreted in Plank 1999: 8

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Notes
See also # 116.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See also <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=116"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">