Universal #407

Legacy number: 407

 Number  406
 Original  If a language uses at least some of its inflections cross-categorially, the language is agglutinating at least to an extent.
 Standardized  IF at least some inflections are used cross-categorially, THEN morphology is agglutinative at least to an extent.
 Formula  inflections used cross-categorially ⇒ agglutinative (to an extent)
 Keywords  agglutination, word class
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Skalicka 1979, cited in Moravcsik 1994a: 47

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. #406.2. 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=406"><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.