Universal #1911

Legacy number: 1911

 Number  1906
 Original  If a language keeps comitative and instrumental formally distinct and if one of the two forms part of the mode of expression of predicative possession, then there is a 3:1 probability that it is the comitative that belongs to this pattern.
 Standardized  When comitative and instrumental are kept formally distinct and if one of the two forms part of the mode of expression of predicative possession, there is a 3:1 probability that it is the comitative that belongs to this pattern.
 Keywords  case, comitative, instrumental, predicative possession
 Domain  inflection, sysntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  65 European languages
 Source  Stolz 2001: 330

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Discussion
Notes
E. g. Welsh (Celtic): A chan nad oedd mecanic na theithwyr gyda mi […][and since NEG be:PRET:3SG mechanic NEG passenger WITH 1SG]'And since I HAD neither a mechanic nor a passenger (WITH me) …'Here the original function of the preposition GYDA is the comitative, used as a part of the expression of predicative possession. (Cf. Stolz 2001: 343)2. Cf. ##1912-1914.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
E. g. Welsh (Celtic):
A chan nad oedd mecanic na theithwyr gyda mi [...]
[and since NEG be:PRET:3SG mechanic NEG passenger WITH 1SG]
'And since I HAD neither a mechanic nor a passenger (WITH me) ...'
Here the original function of the preposition GYDA is the comitative, used as a part of the expression of predicative possession. (Cf. Stolz 2001: 343)


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