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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