Universal 682:

Original: If morphological Negation, then following factors are likely:
a. portmanteau realization of Neg;
b. prosodic unity of Neg and verb (viz. if they ‘share’ one word stress);
c. placement of Negation close to the root of the verb (i.e. between the root and other inflectional morphemes);
d. morphophonemic alternation in the Negation morpheme.
Standardized: IF negation is morphological, THEN
a. portmanteau realization of Neg;
b. prosodic unity of Neg and verb (viz. if they “share” one word stress);
c. placement of Neg close to the root of the verb (i.e. between the root and other inflectional morphemes);
d. morphophonemic alternation in the Negation morpheme.
Keywords: negation, prosodic phrasing, stress, portmanteau, morpheme, order, alternation
Domain: morphology, prosodic phonology
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: 240 languages of Dahl 1979 sample
Source: Dahl 1979

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