Universal #10
Legacy number: 10
| Number | 10 |
| Original | With much better than chance frequency, if in apposition the common noun usually precedes the proper noun, the dependent genitive precedes its governing noun. DELETE: is part of #9 |
| Standardized | IF in apposition the common noun usually precedes the proper noun, THEN, with much better than chance frequency, the attributive noun precedes its head noun. DELETE: is part of #9 |
| Formula | Common Proper ⇒ G N |
| Keywords | order, apposition, attributive, genitive |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical, almost absolute |
| Basis | 30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample |
| Source | Greenberg 1963: 89, #23 |
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