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Universal 133:

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Universal 133:

Original
It is relatively unusual for languages (in ANCs) to combine sentential dependent-marking for the S with non-sentential marking for the A or the P, while the reverse situation (genitivization of the S combined with sentential marking for the A and the P) is more common.
Standardized
In action nominalizations, IF the S argument receives sentential dependent-marking, THEN the A and P arguments are unlikely to receive non-sentential marking, and vice versa; while IF the S argument receives genitive marking, THEN the A and P arguments are likely to receive sentential marking, and vice versa.
Keywords
nominalization, dependent-marking, genitive
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
mutual implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993
Source
inferred from Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993: 256
Counterexamples
Tahitian (Polynesian, Austronesian), Basque (isolate) (Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993: sec. 10.3)

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    1. May 2020

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