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Universal 453: free, less intimate possessor form ⇒ bound, more intimate possessor form

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Universal 453: free, less intimate possessor form ⇒ bound, more intimate possessor form

Original
A free, less intimate possessor form may imply a bound, more intimate form, but not the converse.
Standardized
IF there is a free, less intimate possessor form, THEN there may be a bound, more intimate form, but not the converse.
Keywords
possession
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
75 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978e
Source
Ultan 1978e: 36
Counterexamples
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    It is “… an instance of iconicity in language and relates to languages which have both free and bound attributive possessor pronouns and in which one set is used with “inherent possession” and the other in the case of “non-inherent possession” (Rijkoff 1992: 256).

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