Universal #239

Legacy number: 239

 Number  239
 Original  If constituent order is free, all potentially declinable kinds of nominal words in relationships of determination – nouns, pronouns, adjectives (including articles) – are declined at least for case, the cardinal relational category, but presumably for number and gender as well.
 Standardized  IF constituent order is free, THEN all potentially declinable kinds of nominal words in relationships of determination — nouns, pronouns, adjectives (including articles) — are declined at least for case, the cardinal relational category, but presumably for number and gender as well.
 Formula  free word order ⇒ declension for case, number, gender
 Keywords  order, noun, pronoun, adjective, article, case, number, gender
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, Breton, Gaelic, English, German, Swedish, Ancient Greek, Polish (all Indo-European), Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew (all Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Saami (Uralic), Chinese (Sino-Tibetan), Quechua (Andean)
 Source  Beauzée 1767

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Discussion
Notes
1. “Determination” is a technical term defined by Beauzée.2. Cf. #245. 3. Smith (#241) considers this impication to be mutual.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. "Determination" is a technical term defined by Beauzée.
2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=245"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
3. Smith (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?nentry_id=241"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) considers this impication to be mutual.