Universal #21

Legacy number: 21

 Number  21
 Original  In almost all languages if the internal case involved in Suffixaufnahme is a case other than that of the possessor, the case of the possessor may also be involved in Suffixaufnahme.
 Standardized  IF the internal case involved in Suffixaufnahme is a case other than that of the possessor, THEN the case of the possessor (typically genitive) is almost always also involved in Suffixaufnahme.
 Formula  SA with non-possessor case ⇒ SA with possessor case
 Keywords  case, attribution, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, possessive, genitive
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical, almost absolute
 Basis  sample of Australian languages Schweiger 1995
 Source  Schweiger 1995, Plank 1995, Moravcsik 1995: 471, G5

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Counterexamples
Evenki (Tungus, Altaic) (Plank 1995, Moravcsik 1995)