Universal #451

Legacy number: 451

 Number  450
 Original  A possessee marked for genitive implies a construction in which the possessor is so marked.
 Standardized  IF a possessee is marked for genitive, THEN there will be a construction in which the possessor is also marked as such.
 Formula  genitive (possessee) ⇒ genitive (possessor)
 Keywords  case, genitive, possession
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
 Source  Ultan 1978e: 36

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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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