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Universal 280:

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Universal 280:

Original
In all languages, the nouns which are marked with a special possessive marker do not occur with possessive pronouns.
Standardized
IF nouns take possessive affixes, THEN these nouns do not occur with possessive pronouns.
Keywords
noun, possession, possessive affix, possessive pronoun
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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