Universal 451: 3 person (possessor) ⇒ 3 person (possessee)
- Original
- A possessor marked for 3rd person implies a possessee so marked in the same construction.
- Standardized
- IF a possessor is marked for 3rd person, THEN a possessee is so marked in the same construction.
- Keywords
- person, 3, possession
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
- Source
- Ultan 1978e: 36
- Counterexamples
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