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Universal 37:

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Universal 37:

Original
If Suffixaufnahme is historically preceded by a different construction, one possibility for that construction is to involve a pronoun-like constituent. This constituent may be an indefinite pronoun “one” which is coreferential with the head and which serves as the immediate head for the attributive nominal; or it may be the definite article of the head.
Standardized
IF Suffixaufnahme is historically preceded by a different construction, THEN one possibility for that construction is to involve a pronoun-like constituent. This constituent may be an indefinite pronoun ‘one’ which is coreferential with the head and which serves as the immediate head for the attributive nominal; or it may be the definite article of the head.
Keywords
case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, indefinite pronoun, definite article
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages in Aristar 1995 and Hetzron 1995
Source
Aristar 1995, Hetzron 1995, Plank 1995: sec. 5, Moravcsik 1995: 477, G20
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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