Universal 1290: definite article (possessed NPs) ⇒ definite article (non-possessed NPs)
- Original
- If possessed NPs show the definite article, then so do non-possessed NPs.
- Standardized
- IF possessed NPs show the definite article, THEN non-possessed NPs show the definite article.
- Keywords
- possessive pronoun, definite article
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages surveyed in Haspelmath 1999
- Source
- Haspelmath 1999: 234
- Counterexamples
