Universal #29

Legacy number: 29

 Number  29
 Original  In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs without pause between the head and the attributive nominal, it also occurs with it.
 Standardized  IF Suffixaufnahme occurs without a pause between the head and the attributive nominal, THEN it also occurs with one.
 Keywords  case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, phonological phrasing<br>
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Boeder 1995
 Source  Boeder 1995, Moravcsik 1995: 472, G12

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Discussion
Notes
1. The question thus is whether or not the attributive is a prosodic unit separate from the head.2. Compare #24 concerning (dis-)continuous constituency.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. The question thus is whether or not the attributive is a prosodic unit separate from the head.
2. Compare <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=24"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> concerning (dis-)continuous constituency.