Universal 386: inflection (noun) ⇒ inflection (verb)

Universal 386: inflection (noun) ⇒ inflection (verb)

Original

If a language has nominal inflection, it also has verbal inflection.

Standardized

IF there is nominal inflection, THEN there will be verbal inflection.

Keywords

noun, verb

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Russian (E. Slavic, Indo-European), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Vietnamese (Mon-Khmer, Austro-Asiatic)

Source

Moravcsik 1994a: 36

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