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Universal 1218:

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Universal 1218:

Original
If there are no local cases but non-local (grammatical, abstract) cases, then localization will preferably be expressed by adpositions plus non-local cases rather than by localizing nouns in construction with localized nouns.
Standardized
IF there are no local cases but non-local (grammatical, abstract) cases, THEN localization will preferably be expressed by adpositions plus non-local cases rather than by localizing nouns in construction with localized nouns.
Keywords
case, local case, adposition
Domain
inflection
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
Source
Stolz 1992: 74
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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