Universal #449

Legacy number: 449

 Number  448
 Original  A genitive-marked constituent in a pronominally possessed construction implies genitive marking of the corresponding constituent in a nominally possessed construction.
 Standardized  IF in a pronominally possessed construction there is a genitive-marked constituent, THEN the corresponding constituent in a nominally possessed construction is also genitive-marked.
 Keywords  possession, pronoun, noun, attributive, case, genitive
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
 Source  Ultan 1978e: 36

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