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Universal 1104:
- Original
- If any case has zero realization, or a zero allomorph, it will be absolutive or nominative.
- Standardized
- If any case has zero realization, or a zero allomorph, it will be absolutive or nominative.
- Keywords
- case, nominative, allomorphy, zero
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- no genuine implication; rather: provided that
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- languages surveyed in Dixon 1995
- Source
- Dixon 1995: 57
- Counterexamples
- For systems with “marked nominative” see #6.
Cf. #6.