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Universal 1993:

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Universal 1993:

Original
Free forms are more easily susceptible to morphological replacement through analogical levelling or otherwise than bound forms.
Standardized
IF a bound form is morphologically replaced through analogical levelling or otherwise, THEN the corresponding free form is also replaced, or has already been replaced.
Keywords
free form, bound form, analogy, levelling
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
Dravidian, impressionistic
Source
Krishnamurti 1968/2001: 83
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    e.g., in Dravidian, nominatives are free, oblique stems occur bound in morphological or syntactic constructions.Standardized is probably not exactly what K had in mind.

    1. May 2020

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