Universal #1219

Legacy number: 1219

 Number  1215
 Original  Nouns denoting body parts are the preferred sources for the grammaticalization of local adpositions.
 Standardized  Nouns denoting body parts are the preferred sources for the grammaticalization of local adpositions.
 Keywords  case, local case, adposition, grammaticalization
 Domain  syntax, lexicon
 Type  target < source
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 50 languages in Kahr 1975; languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
 Source  Kahr 1975: 26; Stolz 1992: 105; 112

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