Universal #410
Legacy number: 410
| Number | 409 |
| Original | If person marking is phonologically identical for possessed nouns and verbs of non-indicative moods (imperative, interrogative, optative), this will also be the case in the indicative mood. |
| Standardized | IF person marking is phonologically identical for possessed nouns and verbs of non-indicative moods (imperative, interrogative, optative), THEN this will also be true in the indicative mood. |
| Formula | ((person marker (possessee) = person marker (verb(non-indicative))) ⇒ ((person marker (possessee) = person marker (verb (indicative))) |
| Keywords | noun, person, possession, verb, mood, indicative, non-indicative, imperative, interrogative, optative |
| Domain | inflection |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | Greenlandic Eskimo (Eskimo-Aleut), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic) |
| Source | Walter 1981: 114, cited in Moravcsik 1994a: 47 |
Discussion
Notes
Doesn’t necessarily hold for all persons.
Comment
Doesn't necessarily hold for all persons.
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