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Universal 129:

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Universal 129:

Original
Either all the arguments in a transitive ANC retain their sentential dependent-marking or at least one of them genitivizes (except for the marginal MIX-type).
Standardized
In transitive action nominalizations, either all arguments retain their sentential dependent-marking or at least one of them genitivizes, except in the marginal MIX-type.
Keywords
nominalization, dependent-marking, case, genitive
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of languages in Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993
Source
Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993: 64 (), Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1996: 45
Counterexamples
MIX-type

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    MIX-type: the S genitivizes, the A becomes an oblique NP (perhaps in the same form as the Agent in passive clauses), while the P retains its sentential dependent-marking.

    1. May 2020

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