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Universal 449: Gen N (nominally possessed construction) ⇒ Gen Pro (pronominal construction)
- Original
- A Gen N constituent order in a nominally possessed construction implies the same order in a pronominal (non-affixal) construction.
- Standardized
- IF a nominally possessed construction has Genitive before Noun, THEN the pronominal (non-affixal) construction has the same order.
- Keywords
- attributive, noun, order, possession, pronoun
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute (for Ultan), statistical (for Siewierska)
- Basis
- 75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
- Source
- Ultan 1978e: 36
- Counterexamples
- GN & NPro: Bari (Nilotic, Nilo-Saharan), Dakota (Siouan), Diola Fogny (Norther Atlantic, Niger-Kordofanian), Doyayo (Adamawa, Niger-Congo), Hamar (Omotic, Afro-Asiatic), Kobon (Trans-New Guinea), Tauya (Trans-New Guinea), Tonkawa (Coahuiltecan), Ungarijn (Wororan, Australian), Vanimo (Sko), Valley Yokuts (Yokutsan). GN & both (NPro & ProN): Bandjalang (Pama-Nyungan), Dogon (Niger-Kordofanian), Nadeb (Makú), Nasibi (?), Tehit (West Papuan), Yessan Mayo, Yimas (both Sepik) (mentioned in Siewierska 2001: 140)