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Universal 968:

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Universal 968:

Original
The decision whether the governor (head) or the governee (dependent) is morphologically marked tends to be made uniformly for all pairs of governors and governees.
Standardized
IF one type of head-dependent construction will be either head-marked or dependent-marked, THEN other types of head-dependent constructions will equally be either head-marked or dependent-marked.
Keywords
head-marking, dependent-marking
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
mutual implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
60 languages sample of Nichols 1986
Source
Nichols 1986
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    The decision whether the governor precedes or follows the governee tends to be made uniformly for all pairs of governors and governees: Mesgnien Meniski (1680), Beauzée (1767): #233, 238, 239.

    1. May 2020

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