Universal #1913

Legacy number: 1913

 Number  1908
 Original  If in a language the grammatical expression of predicative possession requires the use of the marker of either comitative or instrumental, then in four out of five cases the comitative is involved.
 Standardized  IF the grammatical expression of predicative possession requires the use of the marker of either comitative or instrumental, THEN in four out of five cases the comitative is involved.
 Keywords  case, comitative, instrumental, predicative possession
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  65 European languages
 Source  Stolz 2001: 330

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Cf.##1911, 1912, 1914Comitative is four times as likely as instrumental to be involved ...
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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=1912"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1914"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> Comitative is four times as likely as instrumental to be involved ...