Universal #454

Legacy number: 454

 Number  453
 Original  A free, less intimate possessor form may imply a bound, more intimate form, but not the converse.
 Standardized  IF there is a free, less intimate possessor form, THEN there may be a bound, more intimate form, but not the converse.
 Formula  free, less intimate possessor form ⇒ bound, more intimate possessor form
 Keywords  possession
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
 Source  Ultan 1978e: 36

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Discussion
Notes
It is “... an instance of iconicity in language and relates to languages which have both free and bound attributive possessor pronouns and in which one set is used with “inherent possession” and the other in the case of “non-inherent possession” (Rijkoff 1992: 256).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
It is "... an instance of iconicity in language and relates to languages which have both free and bound attributive possessor pronouns and in which one set is used with "inherent possession" and the other in the case of "non-inherent possession" (Rijkoff 1992: 256).