Universal 1233: complex form (locative) ⇒ from simple adposition (locative)

Universal 1233: complex form (locative) ⇒ from simple adposition (locative)

Original

All languages have at least one so-called “primitive” adposition which specifies location. If there is another (or even more) complex form to indicate local expression, it will always be drawn from that simple one.

Standardized

All languages have at least one so-called “primitive” adposition which specifies location.
IF there is complex form for local expression, THEN there is also a simple adposition indicating location and the complex form is drawn from it.

Keywords

location, adposition

Domain

syntax

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic but presumably diachronically motivated

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of 50 languages in Kahr 1975

Source

Kahr 1975: 25-26; 42-43

Counterexamples