Universal 1430: possessive suffixes on nouns ⇒ ¬ (overt copula form (of “to be”) in the present tense)

Universal 1430: possessive suffixes on nouns ⇒ ¬ (overt copula form (of “to be”) in the present tense)

Original

If a language has possessive suffixes on nouns, most commonly it will lack overt copula form (of ‘to be’) in the present tense.

Standardized

IF there are possessive suffixes on nouns, THEN will be no overt copula form (of ‘to be’) in the present tense.

Keywords

noun, possessive, affix-order, suffix, copula, tense, present

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

Serebrennikov 1974: 297

Counterexamples