Universal #367

Legacy number: 367

 Number  366
 Original  Derivational affixes tend to have a more complex syllabic structure in agglutinative languages than in flective languages.
 Standardized  IF morphology is agglutinative, THEN derivational affixes tend to have more complex syllabic structure.
IF morphology is flexive, THEN derivational affixes tend to have less complex syllabic structure.
 Formula  agglutinative ⇒ derivational affixes have complex syllabic structure;
flexive ⇒ derivational affixes have less complex syllabic structure
 Keywords  affix, syllable, agglutination, flexion
 Domain  phonology, morphology
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Dressler 1985, adapted from Skalicka: Plank 1996, Plank 1998

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Discussion
Notes
Implications presumably intended as mutual: "mutually conducive traits".For a tabular summary of Skalicka's typological "constructs" see Plank 1998: 204-205.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Implications presumably intended as mutual: "mutually conducive traits". For a tabular summary of Skalicka's typological "constructs" see Plank 1998: 204-205.