Universal #599
Legacy number: 599
| Number | 596 |
| Original | The possessive adjective is not separated from the head noun by any constituent except another genuine determiner, i. e. the determiner. |
| Standardized | IF a possessive adjective is separated from the head noun by any constituent, THEN this intervening element will be the determiner. |
| Keywords | possessive adjective, noun, determiner, order |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | some East African languages |
| Source | Heine 1980: 185 |
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