Universal #1924

Legacy number: 1924

 Number  1918
 Original  If a language lacks a definite article, it tends to lack a transitive verb of possession ('have').
 Standardized  IF there is no definite article, THEN there is no transitive verb of possession ('have').
 Keywords  definite article, transitive verb of possesion
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  see comments
 Source  Schwyzer 1936: 146, referring to Bloch 1934: 21, 313f.

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. #1923.2. It is unclear whether these two implications are meant to be valid for Indo-European only, or more generally for all languages in the area where Indo-European languages are and were spoken (Europe, Asia).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1923"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">

2. It is unclear whether these two implications are meant to be valid for Indo-European only, or more generally for all languages in the area where Indo-European languages are and were spoken (Europe, Asia).