Universal #322
Legacy number: 322
| Number | 321 |
| Original | If nouns have a syntactic form of the accusative, then at least some of its allomorphs are non-zero. |
| Standardized | IF nouns have a syntactic form of the accusative, THEN at least some of its allomorphs are non-zero. |
| Formula | acc (nouns) ⇒ some non-zero allomorphs |
| Keywords | noun, case, accusative, allomorphy, zero |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981 |
| Source | Kozinsky 1981 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Somali (Cushitic, Afro-Asiatic), Maidu (Maiduan), Yuma (Hokan) (Kozinsky 1981); probably systems with “marked nominative“:Oromo, Dasenech, Kambata (all Cushitic, Afro-Asiatic) (Bender 1976: 182, 205, 253); Zayse (Omotic, Afro-Asiatic) (Hayward (ed.)1990: 241); some languages (spoken in Morocco and Algeria) from the Berber family (Sasse 1984, Chaker 1988)
Notes
See comments to #310.
Comment
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