Universal #41
Legacy number: 41
| Number | 41 |
| Original | If a nominal has two or more affixes at one time and at an earlier time one of those was not present, it is the outermost one that was missing. |
| Standardized | IF an attributive nominal has two or more affixes at one time and at an earlier time one of those was not present, THEN it is the outermost one that was missing. |
| Keywords | case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, attributive, affix, order |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Evans 1995 |
| Source | Evans 1995, Moravcsik 1995: 478, G24 |
Discussion
Notes
In other words: Outer affixes have been grammaticalized ("univerbated") later than inner affixes. Relative order of affixes mirrors the relative chronology of their grammaticalization. Cf. #7 and no doubt others.
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Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=7"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> and no doubt others.