Universal #133

Legacy number: 133

 Number  133
 Original  It is relatively unusual for languages (in ANCs) to combine sentential dependent-marking for the S with non-sentential marking for the A or the P, while the reverse situation (genitivization of the S combined with sentential marking for the A and the P) is more common.
 Standardized  In action nominalizations, IF the S argument receives sentential dependent-marking, THEN the A and P arguments are unlikely to receive non-sentential marking, and vice versa; while IF the S argument receives genitive marking, THEN the A and P arguments are likely to receive sentential marking, and vice versa.
 Keywords  nominalization, dependent-marking, genitive
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993
 Source  inferred from Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993: 256

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Tahitian (Polynesian, Austronesian), Basque (isolate) (Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993: sec. 10.3)