Universal 1101: ergative syntactically ⇒ ergative morphologically

Universal 1101: ergative syntactically ⇒ ergative morphologically

Original

Any language that is syntactically ergative will also have some ergative characteristics at the morphological level.

Standardized

IF alignment is ergative for (some) syntactic purposes, THEN it will be ergative for (some) morphological purposes.

Keywords

alignment, ergative

Domain

morphology, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages surveyed in Dixon 1995

Source

Dixon 1995: 177

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