Universal 21: SA with non-possessor case ⇒ SA with possessor case

Universal 21: SA with non-possessor case ⇒ SA with possessor case

Original

In almost all languages if the internal case involved in Suffixaufnahme is a case other than that of the possessor, the case of the possessor may also be involved in Suffixaufnahme.

Standardized

IF the internal case involved in Suffixaufnahme is a case other than that of the possessor, THEN the case of the possessor (typically genitive) is almost always also involved in Suffixaufnahme.

Keywords

case, attribution, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, possessive, genitive

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical, almost absolute

Basis

sample of Australian languages Schweiger 1995

Source

Schweiger 1995, Plank 1995, Moravcsik 1995: 471, G5

Counterexamples

Evenki (Tungus, Altaic) (Plank 1995, Moravcsik 1995)