1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 173: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N G) Posted in Universals Archive 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). Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment 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 Comments are closed.
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
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).