Universal #1912

Legacy number: 1912

 Number  1907
 Original  If in a language the marker for instrumental forms part of the mode of expression of predicative possession, then there is a 50% probability that comitative and instrumental are not distinguished by formal means.
 Standardized  When the marker for instrumental forms part of the mode of expression of predicative possession, there is a 50% probability that comitative and instrumental are not distinguished by formal means.
 Keywords  case, comitative, instrumental, predicative possession
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 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
1. Examples: languages where the marker for instrumental forms part of the mode of expression of predicative possession and where comitative and instrumental are not distinguished by formal means: Irish le, Icelandic með.; languages where only the former applies: Finnish, Welsh.2. Cf. ##1911, 1913, 1914.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Examples: languages where the marker for instrumental forms part of the mode of expression of predicative possession and where comitative and instrumental are not distinguished by formal means: Irish le, Icelandic me∂.;
languages where only the former applies: Finnish, Welsh.

2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1911"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1913"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1914"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.