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Universal 135:

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Universal 135:

Original
Pronominal Subjects and Agents are more likely to genitivize in ANCs than non-pronominal ones.
Standardized
IF non-pronominal subjects (S) and agents (A) are genitivized in action nominalizations, THEN pronominal ones are genitivized as well.
Keywords
nominalization, case, genitive, pronoun
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of languages in Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993
Source
inferred from Koptjevskaja-Tamm 1993: 257
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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