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Universal 405: agglutinative (to an extent) ⇒ inflections used cross-categorially

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Universal 405: agglutinative (to an extent) ⇒ inflections used cross-categorially

Original
If a language is (to an extent) agglutinating, at least some of its inflections can be used on members of more than one word class.
If a language uses at least some of its inflections cross-categorially, the language is agglutinating at least to an extent.
Standardized
IF morphology is agglutinative (to an extent), THEN at least some inflections can be used on members of more than one word class, and vice versa.
Keywords
agglutination, word class
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
mutual implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
Skalicka 1979, cited in Moravcsik 1994a: 47
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Cf. #407.2. Cf. Carstairs 1992: 179. 3. For a tabular summary of Skalicka’s typological “constructs” see Plank 1998: 204-205.

    1. May 2020

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