Universal #27

Legacy number: 27

 Number  27
 Original  In Suffixaufnahme constructions the ligative (if there is one) is always ordered between the internal and external case.
 Standardized  IF there is a ligative in Suffixaufnahme constructions, THEN it is ordered between the internal and external case.
 Formula  SA with ligative ⇒ Internal Ligative External
 Keywords  case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, ligative, affix-order
 Domain  inflection
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.)1995
 Source  Plank 1995: 4.6.1, Moravcsik 1995: 472, G10

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Discussion
Notes
LIGATIVE (or Ligature): In some languages, such as Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan, Australian) and Hurrian (isolate), the attributive nominal includes, in addition to the two case markers, a third element — “a special carrier suffix” (Plank 1990) or ligative — wedged in between the two.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
LIGATIVE (or Ligature): In some languages, such as Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan, Australian) and Hurrian (isolate), the attributive nominal includes, in addition to the two case markers, a third element – "a special carrier suffix" (Plank 1990) or ligative – wedged in between the two.