Universal #967
Legacy number: 967
| Number | 963 |
| Original | If articles co-occur with possessive determiners, then demonstratives do so, too. |
| Standardized | IF articles co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors, THEN demonstratives co-occur with them, too. |
| Formula | articles co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors ⇒ demonstratives co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors |
| Keywords | article, possessor, demonstrative |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Plank 1991a, including English, Welsh, Modern and Old French, German, Modern and Old Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Classical Greek |
| Source | Plank 1991a(2): 6; cited in Moravcsik 1994, Plank & Moravcsik 1996: 199 |
Discussion
Notes
Cf. #524.
Comment
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=524"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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