Universal #1721
Legacy number: 1721
| Number | 1716 |
| Original | If possessive determiners co-occur with definite articles, then nominal possessives do so, too. |
| Standardized | IF possessive determiners co-occur with definite articles, THEN nominal possessives do so, too. |
| Formula | pronominal possessors co-occur with definite articles ⇒ nominal possessives co-occur with pronominal possessors |
| Keywords | article, definiteness, possession |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Plank 1991a, including English, Welsh, Modern and Old French, German, Modern and Old Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Classical Greek |
| Source | Plank 1991a(2): 6, cited in Moravcsik 1994b |
Discussion
Notes
Cf. #524.
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