Universal #138

Legacy number: 138

 Number  138
 Original  If a language has de-verbal case markers at all, it is likely to have a de-verbal Locative case marker.
 Standardized  IF there are de-verbal case markers others than locatives, THEN there will be de-verbal locative case markers.
 Keywords  case, locative, grammaticalization, serial verb
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  West African languages, Mandarin Chinese, and languages of Southeast Asia and the Pacific mentioned in Lord 1993
 Source  Lord 1993: 243

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Discussion
Notes
1. In an implicational hierarchy of de-verbal case markers, Locatives probably are at the top (Lord 1993: 233-244).2. de-verbal: grammaticalized from verbs (presumably serial verbs).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. In an implicational hierarchy of de-verbal case markers, Locatives probably are at the top (Lord 1993: 233-244).
2. de-verbal: grammaticalized from verbs (presumably serial verbs).