Universal #572
Legacy number: 572
| Number | 569 |
| Original | No (Indo-European) language does without both morphological case marking and articles. |
| Standardized | (In Indo-European) IF there is no nominal case marking, THEN there will be an article. |
| Formula | ¬ case (noun) ⇒ article; ¬ article ⇒ case (noun) |
| Keywords | case, article |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | a Indo-Euroversal rather than a universal |
| Basis | Indo-European languages |
| Source | Renzi 1992: 161-176 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
counter-evidence outside Indo-European: Chinese (Sinitic, Sino-Tibetan).
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