Universal #373
Legacy number: 373
| Number | 372 |
| Original | There is a positive correlation between agglutinative morphology and simple syllable structure (or at any rate short syllables), on the one hand and flective (and possibly also no) morphology and more complex syllable structure (or at any rate longer syllables) on the other. |
| Standardized | IF morphology is agglutinative, THEN syllabic structure is simple (syllables are short), and vice versa. IF morphology is flexive, THEN syllabic structure is complex (syllables are long), and vice versa. |
| Formula | agglutinative ⇒ simple syllabic structure; flexive ⇒ complex syllabic structure |
| Keywords | agglutination, flexion, syllable structure |
| Domain | phonology, morphology |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Source | Fenk & Fenk-Oczlon 1993, Fenk-Oczlon & Fenk 1994, Fenk-Oczlon & Fenk 1995, discussed in Plank 1996, Plank 1998 |
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