Universal 211: nominative alignment ⇒ case (Nom/Acc) & personal affix (SUB)

Universal 211: nominative alignment ⇒ case (Nom/Acc) & personal affix (SUB)

Original

The most important implications of the nominative type are: the single “subject” series of personal affixes in the verb conjugation; and the opposition of the nominative and accusative cases in the noun declension.

Standardized

IF alignment is accusative, THEN there will be a single “subject” series of personal affixes in verb inflection and an opposition of a nominative and an accusative case in noun inflection.

Keywords

alignment, accusative, verb, person, subject, case, accusative, nominative

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

almost absolute

Basis

languages mentioned in Klimov 1983

Source

Klimov 1983 102

Counterexamples