Universal #545
Legacy number: 545
| Number | 543 |
| Original | If a link for subtraction is final, the language is postpositional. |
| Standardized | IF a link for subtraction is final, THEN there are postpositions. |
| Keywords | numeral, postposition |
| Domain | word formation, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 56 languages mentioned in Greenberg 1978a |
| Source | Greenberg 1978a: 277 (#34) |
Discussion
Notes
See the analogous generalization for additions in #543, but unlike addition subtraction may have initial links (cf. #541), e.g. Biblical Welsh.
Comment
See the analogous generalization for additions in <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=543"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, but unlike addition subtraction may have initial links (cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=541"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">), e.g. Biblical Welsh.
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