Universal 193: case assign (verb) ⇒ case assign (adposition);
case assign (adposition) ⇒ case assign (verb)

Universal 193: case assign (verb) ⇒ case assign (adposition);
case assign (adposition) ⇒ case assign (verb)

Original

If in a language verbs assign morphological case, so do adpositions; and vice versa.

Standardized

IF verbs assign morphological case, THEN adpositions assign morphological case.
IF adpositions assign morphological case, THEN verbs assign morphological case.

Keywords

verb, case, adposition

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

Moravcsik 1993: 717

Counterexamples