Universal #323
Legacy number: 323
| Number | 322 |
| Original | If nouns have a syntactic form of the ergative, then at least some of its allomorphs are non-zero. |
| Standardized | IF nouns have a syntactic form of the ergative, THEN at least some of its allomorphs are non-zero. |
| Formula | ergative (nouns) ⇒ non-zero allomorphs |
| Keywords | noun, case, ergative, allomorphy, zero |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981 |
| Source | Kozinsky 1981 |
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