Universal #1294
Legacy number: 1294
| Number | 1290 |
| Original | If possessed NPs show the definite article, then so do non-possessed NPs. |
| Standardized | IF possessed NPs show the definite article, THEN non-possessed NPs show the definite article. |
| Formula | definite article (possessed NPs) ⇒ definite article (non-possessed NPs) |
| Keywords | possessive pronoun, definite article |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Haspelmath 1999 |
| Source | Haspelmath 1999: 234 |
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