Universal 505:

Universal 505:

Original

If both the derivation and inflection follow the root, or they both precede the root, the derivation is always between the root and the inflection.

Standardized

IF both the derivation and inflection follow the root or they both precede the root, THEN the derivation is always between the root and the inflection.

Keywords

root, order

Domain

morphology

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample

Source

Greenberg 1963: 93, #28

Counterexamples

Navajo (Athabaskan) (Speas 1987: 202)