1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 149: Posted in Universals Archive Universal 149: Original The number of inflectional classes of adjectives is never larger than the number of inflectional classes of nouns. Standardized The number of inflectional classes of adjectives cannot be larger than the number of inflectional classes of nouns. Keywords inflection class, word class, adjective, noun Domain inflection Type unconditional Status achronic Quality absolute Basis languages in Carstairs 1984 Source Carstairs 1984, also cited in Plank 1991b: 35 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP can presumably be reformulated as an implication:IF there are n inflection classes for adjectives, THEN there will be at least n inflection classes for nouns. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP can presumably be reformulated as an implication:IF there are n inflection classes for adjectives, THEN there will be at least n inflection classes for nouns. 1. May 2020
can presumably be reformulated as an implication:IF there are n inflection classes for adjectives, THEN there will be at least n inflection classes for nouns.