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Universal 22:

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Universal 22:

Original
In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs when the adnominal case is the same as the head case, then it also occurs when the two are distinct.
Standardized
IF Suffixaufnahme occurs when the adnominal case is the same as the head case, THEN it also occurs when the two are distinct.
Keywords
case, attribution, agreement, Suffixaufnahme
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.)1995
Source
Moravcsik 1995: 471, G6
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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