Universal 736: predicate adjectives encoded nonverbally ⇒ predicate nominals encoded nonverbally

Universal 736: predicate adjectives encoded nonverbally ⇒ predicate nominals encoded nonverbally

Original

The Adjective-Nominal Universal (alternative version):
If predicative adjectives are encoded nonverbally, then predicate nominals are encoded nonverbally.

Standardized

If predicative adjectives are encoded nonverbally, then predicate nominals are encoded nonverbally.

Keywords

word class, predicate nominal, predicative adjective

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997

Source

Stassen 1997: 4.4

Counterexamples