Universal #230

Legacy number: 230

 Number  230
 Original  If constituent order is rigid, then cases are absent, and vice versa; if cases are absent, then the use of prepositions is extensive, and vice versa; if order is rigid, then the use of prepositions is extensive, and vice versa. If, on the other hand, constituent order is flexible, then cases are present, and vice versa; if cases are present, then the use of prepositions is sparse, and vice versa; if order is flexible, then the use of prepositions is sparse, and vice versa.
 Standardized  IF constituent order is rigid, THEN cases are absent, and vice versa;
If cases are absent, THEN the use of prepositions is extensive, and vice versa;
IF order is rigid, THEN the use of prepositions is extensive, and vice versa.
IF constituent order is flexible, THEN cases are present, and vice versa;
IF cases are present, THEN the use of prepositions is sparse, and vice versa;
IF order is flexible, THEN the use of prepositions is sparse, and vice versa.
 Formula  rigid order ⇔ ¬case; ¬case ⇔ prepositions; rigid order ⇔ preposition; flexible order ⇔ cases; cases ⇔ sparse use of preposition; flexible order ⇔ sparse use of preposition
 Keywords  order, case, preposition
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  French, Latin, Italian, Spanish (all Italic), Russian, Polish, Church Slavonic, Serbo-Croatian (all Slavic), Ancient Greek (Greek, all IE), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic)
 Source  Girard 1747, as interpreted in Plank 1999: 13

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