Universal 116: case ⇒ number

Universal 116: case ⇒ number

Original

… number is, as has been seen, closer to the stem and generally present when case is present, while the opposite relation holds far more rarely.

Standardized

IF there is the category of case, THEN there is also the category of number.

Keywords

number, case

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample

Source

inferred by Uspensky 1965: 211 from Greenberg 1963: 103

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