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Universal 173: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N G)

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Universal 173: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N G)

Original
If a language is prepositional, then if the demonstrative follows the noun, the genitive follows the noun.
Standardized
IF there are prepositions, THEN IF the demonstrative follows the noun, THEN the genitive follows the noun.
Keywords
preposition, order, noun, demonstrative, attributive
Domain
syntax
Type
nested implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 350 languages in Hawkins 1983
Source
Hawkins 1983: 72
Counterexamples
Prep & N Dem & GN: Kaliai-Kove, Karen (Tibeto-Burman, Sino-Tibetan) (Hawkins 1983).

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Derived by transitivity from ##69 and 72.2. Since the 1990s, Hawkins proposes alternative explanations of his universals (see e.g. Hawkins 1993: 234).

    1. May 2020

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