Universal #397

Legacy number: 397

 Number  396
 Original  The more frequent and syntagmatically simple forms show paradigmatically complexity, the less frequent and syntagmatically complex forms show less paradigmatic complexity.
 Standardized  The more frequent and syntagmatically simple forms show paradigmatically complexity, the less frequent and syntagmatically complex forms show less paradigmatic complexity.
 Keywords  frequency, complexity
 Domain  morphology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Greenberg (ed.)1963, cited in Moravcsik 1994a: 41

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. Moravcsik & Wirth 1986:Moravcsik, Edith A. & Jessica R. Wirth (1986). Markedness: An overview. In Fred R. Eckman, Edith A. Moravcsik, & Jessica R. Wirth (eds.), Markedness, 1-11. New York: Plenum.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. Moravcsik, Edith A. & Jessica R. Wirth (1986). Markedness: An overview. In Fred R. Eckman, Edith A. Moravcsik, & Jessica R. Wirth (eds.), Markedness, 1-11. New York: Plenum.