Universal 471: ergative/nominative (3 person &, V Dem) ⇒ ergative/nominative (noun)

Universal 471: ergative/nominative (3 person &, V Dem) ⇒ ergative/nominative (noun)

Original

If in a language personal and/or demonstrative pronouns of the 3rd person have an opposition “ergative/nominative”, the nouns of this language have the same opposition.

Standardized

IF personal and/or demonstrative pronouns of 3rd person have an opposition ergative/absolutive, THEN the nouns have the same opposition.

Keywords

alignment, case, ergative , absolutive, personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, person, 3, noun

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

50 languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1980

Source

Kozinsky 1980: 53

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