Universal 680:

Universal 680:

Original

If a language has dummy auxiliary Negative construction, then there must be another way of negation in this language.

Standardized

IF there is a dummy auxiliary negative construction, THEN there is another way of negation.

Keywords

negation, dummy auxiliary

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

240 languages of Dahl 1979 sample

Source

Dahl 1979

Counterexamples