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Universal 32: SA ⇒ internal case without external case

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Universal 32: SA ⇒ internal case without external case

Original
If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has the internal case occurring without the external case.
Standardized
IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there will also be the internal case occurring without the external case.
Keywords
case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.) 1995
Source
Moravcsik 1995: 473, G14
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    The internal case (typically genitive) is a case in its own right, occurring in circumstances other than Suffixaufnahme constructions.

    1. May 2020

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