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

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