Universal 442:

Universal 442:

Original

Hierarchy of proneness to lose sentential head-marking:
A > S > P,
where sentential head-marking is impossible for A, and possible for P.

Standardized

Hierarchy of proneness to lose sentential head-marking:
A > S > P,
where sentential head-marking is impossible for A, and possible for P.

Keywords

nominalization, head-marking

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implicational hierarchy

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages surveyed in Koptjevskaya-Tamm 1996

Source

Koptjevskaya-Tamm 1996: 44

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