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Universal 33: SA ⇒ external case without internal case

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Universal 33: SA ⇒ external case without internal case

Original
If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has the external case occurring without the internal case.
Standardized
IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there will also be the external case occurring without the internal case.
Keywords
case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, internal, external
Domain
inflection
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.) 1995
Source
Moravcsik 1995: 473, G15
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    The external case is a case in its own right, occurring as a non-agreement case in circumstances other than Suffixaufnahme constructions.

    1. May 2020

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