Universal #473

Legacy number: 473

 Number  471
 Original  If in a language personal and/or demonstrative pronouns of the 3rd person have an opposition “ergative/nominative”, the nouns of this language have the same opposition.
 Standardized  IF personal and/or demonstrative pronouns of 3rd person have an opposition ergative/absolutive, THEN the nouns have the same opposition.
 Formula  ergative/nominative (3 person &, V Dem) ⇒ ergative/nominative (noun)
 Keywords  alignment, case, ergative , absolutive, personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, person, 3, noun
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  50 languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1980
 Source  Kozinsky 1980: 53

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Discussion
Notes
1. See #474.2. See similar statements by Moravcsik (#591) and Silverstein (#217).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. See <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=474"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
2. See similar statements by Moravcsik (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=591"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) and Silverstein (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=217"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">).