Universal #1222

Legacy number: 1222

 Number  1218
 Original  If there are no local cases but non-local (grammatical, abstract) cases, then localization will preferably be expressed by adpositions plus non-local cases rather than by localizing nouns in construction with localized nouns.
 Standardized  IF there are no local cases but non-local (grammatical, abstract) cases, THEN localization will preferably be expressed by adpositions plus non-local cases rather than by localizing nouns in construction with localized nouns.
 Keywords  case, local case, adposition
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
 Source  Stolz 1992: 74

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