1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1305: postposition ⇒ Mood affixes on V are suffixed Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1305: postposition ⇒ Mood affixes on V are suffixed Original If a language is postpositional, mood affixes on verb (if any) are suffixed. Standardized IF there are postpositions, THEN mood affixes on verbs are suffixed. Keywords order, postposition, verb, mood, affix-order, suffix Domain inflection, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis 200 languages drawn from three samples: a 113-language sample by L. Stassen, a 40-language sample by J. Bybee & R. Perkins, and a 50-language sample by G. Gilligan Source Cutler, Hawkins, & Gilligan 1985: 729; Hawkins & Gilligan 1988: 224 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
