Universal 228: case (noun) ⇒ inflection (verb)

Universal 228: case (noun) ⇒ inflection (verb)

Original

If nouns inflect for case, then verbs inflect for some inflectional category.

Standardized

IF nouns inflect for case, THEN verbs inflect for some inflectional category.

Keywords

noun, case, verb

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Arabic, Chaldean, Hebrew (all Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Turkish (S. Turkic, Altaic), Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish (all Indo-European), Chinese (Sino-Tibetan), Vietnamese (Mon-Khmer)

Source

Campanella 1638, as interpreted in Plank 1999: 8

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