Universal #1722

Legacy number: 1722

 Number  1717
 Original  If possessive determiners co-occur with demonstratives, then nominal possessives co-occur with definite articles.
 Standardized  IF possessive determiners co-occur with demonstratives, THEN nominal possessives co-occur with definite articles.
 Formula  adnominally possessors co-occur with demonstratives ⇒ nominally used possessives possessives co-occur with definite articles
 Keywords  article, definiteness, possession, demonstrative
 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

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Cf. #524.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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