User:Tropylium/Temp: Difference between revisions
From FrathWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
(universal 8) |
m (→For number) |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
Number affixes tend to be closer to the stem than [[case]] affixes, whenever the two are distinct ([[Linguistic universal]]s [http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/nav/browse.php?number=6 #6], [http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/nav/browse.php?number=7 #7]). | Number affixes tend to be closer to the stem than [[case]] affixes, whenever the two are distinct ([[Linguistic universal]]s [http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/nav/browse.php?number=6 #6], [http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/nav/browse.php?number=7 #7]). | ||
==For [[word order]] | ==For [[word order]]== | ||
Languages with verb-final word order (SOV, OSV) almost always have an overt [[case]] system ([[Linguistic universal]]s [http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/nav/browse.php?number=8 #8]). | Languages with verb-final word order (SOV, OSV) almost always have an overt [[case]] system ([[Linguistic universal]]s [http://typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/nav/browse.php?number=8 #8]). | ||
Latest revision as of 07:09, 10 December 2009
For grammatical case
Only the nominative and absolutive cases (ie. those of the subject) are commonly found as zero-marked (either wholly or allomorphically). (Linguistic universals #6, #1104)
For number
Number affixes tend to be closer to the stem than case affixes, whenever the two are distinct (Linguistic universals #6, #7).
For word order
Languages with verb-final word order (SOV, OSV) almost always have an overt case system (Linguistic universals #8).
