Universal #42
Legacy number: 42
| Number | 42 |
| Original | If a language has Suffixaufnahme at one time and at some later point it does not, one possible successor construction is the possessive adjective. |
| Standardized | IF there is Suffixaufnahme at one time and at some later point there is not, THEN one possible successor construction is the possessive adjective. |
| Keywords | case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, adjective, possessive |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Aristar 1991, Villar 1995 |
| Source | Aristar 1991: 15, 26f, Villar 1995, Plank 1995: sec. 5, Moravcsik 1995: 479, G25 |
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