Universal #980

Legacy number: 980

 Number  976
 Original  If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms of non-local cases of common nouns are more likely replaced than stems and affixes of non-local cases of geographical names.
 Standardized  When there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms of non-local cases of common nouns are more likely to be replaced than stems and affixes of non-local cases of place names.
 Keywords  case, local case, place names, common nouns, analogical change
 Domain  morphology
 Type  unconditional
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Indo-European languages
 Source  Maøczak 1958: 388, 396, Maøczak 1966: 101, Maøczak 1978: 55, Maøczak 1980: 285

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Discussion
Notes
1. Although the investigation is based only on Indo-European languages, the author assumes his generalisation to be valid for all languages (Maøczak 1963: 19; 1978: 57). Maøczak regards his investigation as different from Kury:owicz's (especially Kury:owicz 1949; see Maøczak 1978). The universals of Kury:owicz and Maøczak are quite distinct from each other (see Best 1973: 61-107 and Anttila 1977: 76-80). 2. An implication?IF there is replacement of the stems and affixes of non-local cases of place names, THEN there is replacement of stems and affixes of non-local names of common nouns.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Although the investigation is based only on Indo-European languages, the author assumes his generalisation to be valid for all languages (Maøczak 1963: 19; Maøczak 1978: 57). Maøczak regards his investigation as different from Kurylowicz's (especially Kury:owicz 1949; see Maøczak 1978). The universals of Kurylowicz and Maøczak are quite distinct from each other (see Best 1973: 61-107 and Anttila 1977: 76-80).

2. An implication? IF there is replacement of the stems and affixes of non-local cases of place names, THEN there is replacement of stems and affixes of non-local names of common nouns.