Universal 740:

Universal 740:

Original

The Universal of Adjectival V/N-Switching:
In languages with verbal-nominal switching for adjectives, the nominal option will always encode the more time-stable reading.

Standardized

IF there is verbal-nominal switching for adjectives, THEN the nominal option will always encode the more time-stable reading.

Keywords

word class, time stability, adjective, verb, noun

Domain

inflection, syntax, semantics

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997

Source

Stassen 1997: 5.2

Counterexamples