Universal 450: genitive (possessee) ⇒ genitive (possessor)
- Original
- A possessee marked for genitive implies a construction in which the possessor is so marked.
- Standardized
- IF a possessee is marked for genitive, THEN there will be a construction in which the possessor is also marked as such.
- Keywords
- case, genitive, possession
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
- Source
- Ultan 1978e: 36
- Counterexamples
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