Universal #1832

Legacy number: 1832

 Number  1827
 Original  If a language shows the order RelNoun or AdjNoun in its noun phrase, it is very likely to also show PossNoun, but not vice versa.
 Standardized  IF a relative clause or adjective precedes the noun, THEN possessives also precede the noun.
 Keywords  order, noun, modifier, possessive, adjective, relative clause
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Bantu languages (with a special reference to Swahili), Romance, Germanic languages, Amharic, (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic)
 Source  Givón 1971: 405

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Discussion
Notes
1. Follows from #1831. 2. Cf. Hawkins’ generalization (#176): NGen => NRel, which is equivalent by contraposition to RelN => GenN.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Follows from <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1831"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.

2. Cf. Hawkins' generalization (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=176"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">): NGen ⇒ NRel, which is equivalent by contraposition to RelN ⇒ GenN.