Universal #245

Legacy number: 245

 Number  245
 Original  If constituent order is free without limits, then nominal words are inflected, but not vice versa; if constituent order is rigid without inversions, then there is no nominal inflection, but again not vice versa.
 Standardized  IF constituent order is free without limits, THEN nominal words are inflected, but not vice versa; IF constituent order is rigid without inversions, THEN there is no nominal inflection, but not vice versa.
 Formula  free order ⇒ inflection (nominal);
rigid order ⇒ ¬ inflection (nominal)
 Keywords  order, noun
 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, as interpreted in Plank 1999: 20

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. # 239.2. Smith (# 241) considers this impication to be mutual.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=239"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
2. Smith (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=241"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) considers this impication to be mutual.