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Universal 36:

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Universal 36:

Original
If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it will also have at least one of the following NP-internal case marking patterns: complete marking, free marking (only if Suffixaufnahme is optional), final marking (only if the attributive nominal is head).
Standardized
IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there is also at least one of the following NP-internal case marking patterns: complete marking, free marking (only if Suffixaufnahme is optional), final marking (only if the attributive nominal is the head).
Keywords
case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, marking
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: 474, G19
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Complete marking (=word marking): All words in the phrase are marked for case. Final marking: The last word of the NP is marked for case.Free marking: Any word of the NP may be marked for case.

    1. May 2020

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