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Universal 29:

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Universal 29:

Original
In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs without pause between the head and the attributive nominal, it also occurs with it.
Standardized
IF Suffixaufnahme occurs without a pause between the head and the attributive nominal, THEN it also occurs with one.
Keywords
case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, phonological phrasing
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages in Boeder 1995
Source
Boeder 1995, Moravcsik 1995: 472, G12
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. The question thus is whether or not the attributive is a prosodic unit separate from the head.2. Compare #24 concerning (dis-)continuous constituency.

    1. May 2020

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