Universal #507
Legacy number: 507
| Number | 505 |
| Original | If both the derivation and inflection follow the root, or they both precede the root, the derivation is always between the root and the inflection. |
| Standardized | IF both the derivation and inflection follow the root or they both precede the root, THEN the derivation is always between the root and the inflection. |
| Keywords | root, order |
| Domain | morphology |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample |
| Source | Greenberg 1963: 93, #28 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Navajo (Athabaskan) (Speas 1987: 202)
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