Universal #292

Legacy number: 292

 Number  291
 Original  If there are ezâfe constructions, there is possessive declension (pronominal enclitics or proclitics with the meaning of possession) or there is an article.
 Standardized  IF there are ezâfe constructions, THEN possessors are expressed through affixes or clitics or there is an article.
 Formula  ezâfe ⇒ possessive declension V article
 Keywords  ezâfe, possession, article, affix, clitic
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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