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Universal 1105:

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Universal 1105:

Original
The absolute or nominative form of a noun will be used in citation.
Standardized
The absolute or nominative form of a noun will be used in citation.
Keywords
nominative case, absolutive case, semantics
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in Dixon 1995
Source
Dixon 1995: 57
Counterexamples
In systems with “marked nominative”, it is the unmarked ‘accusative’ case that is used in citation forms; see #6.

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #310.

    1. May 2020

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