Universal #1223

Legacy number: 1223

 Number  1219
 Original  If a case is governed by a local postposition, then this case will preferably also be used to express possession (i.e., genitive).
 Standardized  IF a case is governed by a local postposition, THEN this case will preferably also be used to express possession.
 Keywords  case, local, postposition, possession
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
 Source  Stolz 1992: 74

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Stolz refers also to Greenberg [1966]1976: 9-12, esp. to Feature Hierarchies.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Stolz refers also to Greenberg [1966]1976: 9-12, esp. to Feature Hierarchies.