Universal #912

Legacy number: 912

 Number  909
 Original  In a language with only a single genitive, when a transitive clause is nominalized, the subject’s prior claim to the genitive case is absolute.
 Standardized  In a language with only a single genitive, when a transitive clause is nominalized, the subject’s prior claim to the genitive case is absolute.
 Keywords  nominalization, genitive, case, subject
 Domain  syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical (according to author absolute)
 Basis  languages in Givón 1990
 Source  Givón 1990: 504

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Northern Basque (isolate) genitivizes only direct objects in infinitive (nominalized) clauses (Heath 1992: 842).