Universal #1110

Legacy number: 1110

 Number  1106
 Original  If a language has a Locative Possessive, that language will have deranking of simultaneous sequences.
 Standardized  IF there is Locative Possessive, THEN there is deranking of simultaneous sequences.
 Formula  locative possessive ⇒ simultaneous deranking
 Keywords  possessive, deranking
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 300 languages
 Source  Stassen 1998

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Evaluation: confirmed for 84 out of 91 cases of Locative Possessives.Problem: Russian, Celtic (both Indo-European), Arabic, Hebrew (both Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) have Locative Possessives, but not synchronic possibilities of absolute deranking.Possibility: the Locative Possessive is more conservative than its model. Languages may lose their Deranking strategy while hanging on to their Locative Possessives.
Notes
The LOCATIVE POSSESSIVE. Features:(a) the main verb is the locative/existential item “to be ” (which, in a limited number of cases may be zero);(b) the possessed item (PD) is the subject;(c) the NP which indicates the possessor (PR) is in a locational case (Locative, Dative, Adessive, etc.).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The LOCATIVE POSSESSIVE. Features:
(a) the main verb is the locative/existential item "to be" (which, in a limited number of cases may be zero);
(b) the possessed item (PD) is the subject;
(c) the NP which indicates the possessor (PR) is in a locational case (Locative, Dative, Adessive, etc.).