Universal #456

Legacy number: 456

 Number  455
 Original  An inalienably possessed, non-vocative noun does not necessarily imply that the corresponding vocative noun is inalienably possessed.
 Standardized  IF a noun is inalienably possessed in non-vocative uses, THEN this noun is not necessarily inalienably possessed in vocative uses too.
 Keywords  inalienable possession, noun, case, vocative
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  non-implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
 Source  Ultan 1978e: 36

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Discussion
Notes
That is, the categorization of a noun as inalienable possession is not valid across the board. The contrast inalienable/alienable is especially entrenched in non-vocative uses, and can be neutralized in vocative uses.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
That is, the categorization of a noun as inalienable possession is not valid across the board. The contrast inalienable/alienable is especially entrenched in non-vocative uses, and can be neutralized in vocative uses.