Balance
grammaticalized
criterion \ |
less | more |
| Scope: complexity of complement | ||
| case relator takes coordinative complement | yes | |
| case relator takes clausal complement | yes | |
| case relator is copied on subconstituents of NP | no | |
| Bondedness: tightness of bond between case relator and complement | ||
| case relator governs case | no | |
| case relator syntagma can be split by intervening material | yes | |
| complement can be left-dislocated and taken up by intercalated resumptive | yes | |
| case relators can be coordinated while sharing their complement | no | |
| Syntagmatic variability: | ||
| position of case relator vis-à-vis complement varies | no |
Result
Cabecar postpositions behave differently on the various subparameters.
Cabecar primitive postpositions are enclitic, but not (yet) suffixes.
Complex postpositions are free, but still perceptibly grammaticalized.