Universal #508

Legacy number: 508

 Number  506
 Original  If a language has inflection, it always has derivation.
 Standardized  IF there is inflection, THEN there is derivation.
 Formula  inflection ⇒ word formation
 Domain  inflection, word formation
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample
 Source  Greenberg 1963: 93, #29

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