Universal #37

Legacy number: 37

 Number  37
 Original  If Suffixaufnahme is historically preceded by a different construction, one possibility for that construction is to involve a pronoun-like constituent. This constituent may be an indefinite pronoun “one” which is coreferential with the head and which serves as the immediate head for the attributive nominal; or it may be the definite article of the head.
 Standardized  IF Suffixaufnahme is historically preceded by a different construction, THEN one possibility for that construction is to involve a pronoun-like constituent. This constituent may be an indefinite pronoun 'one' which is coreferential with the head and which serves as the immediate head for the attributive nominal; or it may be the definite article of the head.
 Keywords  case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, indefinite pronoun, definite article
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Aristar 1995 and Hetzron 1995
 Source  Aristar 1995, Hetzron 1995, Plank 1995: sec. 5, Moravcsik 1995: 477, G20

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