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Universal 506: inflection ⇒ word formation

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Universal 506: inflection ⇒ word formation

Original
If a language has inflection, it always has derivation.
Standardized
IF there is inflection, THEN there is derivation.
Keywords
Domain
inflection, word formation
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample
Source
Greenberg 1963: 93, #29
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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