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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