Universal #33

Legacy number: 33

 Number  33
 Original  If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has the external case occurring without the internal case.
 Standardized  IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there will also be the external case occurring without the internal case.
 Formula  SA ⇒ external case without internal case
 Keywords  case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, internal, external<br>
 Domain  inflection
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.) 1995
 Source  Moravcsik 1995: 473, G15

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Discussion
Notes
The external case is a case in its own right, occurring as a non-agreement case in circumstances other than Suffixaufnahme constructions.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The external case is a case in its own right, occurring as a non-agreement case in circumstances other than Suffixaufnahme constructions.