Universal #236

Legacy number: 236

 Number  236
 Original  During inflectional expansion, if there are cases marking subject, object, and attribute, there are also local and other adverbial cases. During inflectional reduction, if there are local and other adverbial cases, there are also subject, object, and attributive cases.
 Standardized  During inflectional expansion, IF there are cases marking subject, object, and attribute, THEN there are also local and other adverbial cases.
During inflectional reduction, IF there are local and other adverbial cases, THEN there are also subject, object, and attributive cases.
 Formula  inflectional expansion: cases marking SUBJ, OBJ, ATTR ⇒ local cases;
inflectional reduction: local cases ⇒ cases marking SUBJ, OBJ, ATTR
 Keywords  case, subject, object, attributive, local, adverbial
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic (see Comments)
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Ancient and Modern Greek (both Greek), French, Italian, Latin (all Italic), English, "Gothic" (both Germanic), Classical Armenian (Armenian), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic)
 Source  Smith 1761 [1983], as interpreted in Plank 1992: 43

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Discussion
Notes
Is actually not a developmental law, but a universal implication, holding only for (all) languages in a particular stage of their evolution.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Is actually not a developmental law, but a universal implication, holding only for (all) languages in a particular stage of their evolution.