Universal #804

Legacy number: 804

 Number  801
 Original  Languages that have a complex morphological structure are more likely to show systems of noun classes.
 Standardized  IF there is complex overall morphology, THEN there tend to be noun classes.
 Formula  complex morphology ⇔ noun classes
 Keywords  agglutination, flexion, noun class
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Dixon 1982
 Source  Dixon 1982: 218 (also Dixon 1986: 109, see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=803"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">)

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Discussion
Notes
1. Dixon lumps (rich) agglutinative and flexive inflection under COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY.2. Dixon 1982: 219 notes: “ The correlation between noun classes/classifiers and morphological type is only a statistical one”.3. See also #1958.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Dixon lumps (rich) agglutinative and flexive inflection under COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY.

2. Dixon 1982: 219 notes: "The correlation between noun classes/classifiers and morphological type is only a statistical one".

3. See also <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1958"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">