Universal 1219:

Original: If a case is governed by a local postposition, then this case will preferably also be used to express possession (i.e., genitive).
Standardized: IF a case is governed by a local postposition, THEN this case will preferably also be used to express possession.
Keywords: case, local, postposition, possession
Domain: inflection
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: languages mentioned in Stolz 1992
Source: Stolz 1992: 74

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Stolz refers also to Greenberg [1966]1976: 9-12, esp. to Feature Hierarchies.

1. May 2020

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