Universal #17

Legacy number: 17

 Number  17
 Original  If Suffixaufnahme occurs with the head present, it also occurs with the head missing.
 Standardized  IF Suffixaufnahme occurs with the head present, THEN it also occurs with the head missing.
 Formula  SA head-present ⇒ SA head-missing
 Keywords  case, attribution, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, head, ellipsis
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Boeder 1995
 Source  Boeder 1995, Moravcsik 1995: 469, G2

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Discussion
Notes
1. To exemplify headless attributives (sometimes called hypostasis constructions):The duke’s palace is big, but the king’s [ONE| is even bigger.2. Cf. the diachronic analogue #38.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. To exemplify headless attributives (sometimes called hypostasis constructions): The duke's palace is big, but the king's [ONE] is even bigger.

2. Cf. the diachronic analogue <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=38"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.