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Universal 216: active alignment ⇒ case (Act/Inact) & personal affix (Act /Inact)

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Universal 216: active alignment ⇒ case (Act/Inact) & personal affix (Act /Inact)

Original
The most important morphological implications of active languages are as follows: the opposition of the active and inactive series of personal affixes in the verb conjugation and the opposition of the active and inactive cases in the noun declension, similar to each other in their function.
Standardized
IF alignment is active, THEN there will be an opposition of an active and inactive series of personal affixes in verb inflection and an opposition of an active and an inactive case in noun inflection, similar to each other in their function.
Keywords
alignment, active, verb, person, case, active, inactive
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages of North and South America, some ancient languages of the New East (esp. Elamite (Elamo-Dravidian))
Source
Klimov 1977: 308, Klimov 1983
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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