Universal 291: ezâfe ⇒ possessive declension V article

Universal 291: ezâfe ⇒ possessive declension V article

Original

If there are ezâfe constructions, there is possessive declension (pronominal enclitics or proclitics with the meaning of possession) or there is an article.

Standardized

IF there are ezâfe constructions, THEN possessors are expressed through affixes or clitics or there is an article.

Keywords

ezâfe, possession, article, affix, clitic

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

unspecified

Source

see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

Counterexamples