Universal 963: articles co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors ⇒ demonstratives co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors
Universal 963: articles co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors ⇒ demonstratives co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors
Original
If articles co-occur with possessive determiners, then demonstratives do so, too.
Standardized
IF articles co-occur with nouns accompanied by adnominal possessors, THEN demonstratives co-occur with them, too.
Keywords
article, possessor, demonstrative
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
languages mentioned in Plank 1991a, including English, Welsh, Modern and Old French, German, Modern and Old Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Classical Greek
Cf. #524.