Universal #406

Legacy number: 406

 Number  405
 Original  If a language is (to an extent) agglutinating, at least some of its inflections can be used on members of more than one word class.
If a language uses at least some of its inflections cross-categorially, the language is agglutinating at least to an extent.
 Standardized  IF morphology is agglutinative (to an extent), THEN at least some inflections can be used on members of more than one word class, and vice versa.
 Formula  agglutinative (to an extent) ⇒ inflections used cross-categorially
 Keywords  agglutination, word class
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Skalicka 1979, cited in Moravcsik 1994a: 47

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. #407.2. Cf. Carstairs 1992: 179. 3. For a tabular summary of Skalicka's typological "constructs" see Plank 1998: 204-205.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=407"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
2. Cf. Carstairs 1992: 179.
3. For a tabular summary of Skalicka's typological "constructs" see Plank 1998: 204-205.