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