Universal #445

Legacy number: 445

 Number  444
 Original  Agglutinating languages can be complement-balancing and complement-deranking, while fusional languages are complement-balancing.
 Standardized  IF morphologyis agglutinative, THEN there is complement-balancing and complement-deranking.
IF morphology is flexive, THEN there is complement-balancing.
 Formula  agglutinative ⇒ complement-balancing & complement-deranking;
flexive ⇒ complement-balancing
 Keywords  agglutination, flexion, complement-deranking, complement-balancing
 Domain  morphology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Jaxontov 1981
 Source  Jaxontov 1981, adapted in Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993: 246

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Notes
For the definition of complement-deranking and complement-balancing, due to Stassen, see #446.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
For the definition of complement-deranking and complement-balancing, due to Stassen, see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=446"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">