Universal 441: ¬SENT (ANC) ⇒ S in intransitive ANC is genitivized

Universal 441: ¬SENT (ANC) ⇒ S in intransitive ANC is genitivized

Original

If the ANC is not of the SENT type, then the S of an intransitive ANC is always genitivized.

Standardized

IF the ANC is not of the SENT type, THEN the S of an intransitive ANC is always genitivized.

Keywords

nominalization, case, genitive

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages surveyed in Koptjevskaya-Tamm 1993

Source

suggested in Croft 1995b, cited in Koptjevskaya-Tamm 1996: 45

Counterexamples