Universal #283
Legacy number: 283
| Number | 282 |
| Original | If a noun does not have genitive, then it does not have forms of direct and oblique objects. |
| Standardized | IF a noun does not have a genitive, THEN it does not have case forms of direct and oblique objects. |
| Formula | ¬Gen (noun) ⇒ ¬DO(noun) & ¬OBL(noun) |
| Keywords | noun, case, genitive, direct object, oblique object |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Rozdestvenskij |
Discussion
Counterexamples
obviously plenty – if this is what they really mean: nominal case paradigms can certainly include accusatives and datives without including genitives.
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