Universal #32

Legacy number: 32

 Number  32
 Original  If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has the internal case occurring without the external case.
 Standardized  IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there will also be the internal case occurring without the external case.
 Formula  SA ⇒ internal case without external case
 Keywords  case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme <br>
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.) 1995
 Source  Moravcsik 1995: 473, G14

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Discussion
Notes
The internal case (typically genitive) is a case in its own right, occurring in circumstances other than Suffixaufnahme constructions.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The internal case (typically genitive) is a case in its own right, occurring in circumstances other than Suffixaufnahme constructions.