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Universal 748: nominal encoding of predicate adjective ⇒ nominal merging

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Universal 748: nominal encoding of predicate adjective ⇒ nominal merging

Original
The Universal of Nominal Merging*:
A language may have nominal merging only if it allows nominal encoding of predicative adjectives.
Standardized
IF nominal encoding of predicative adjectives is allowed, THEN there is nominal merging.
Keywords
encoding, predicative adjective, nominal merging
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
Source
Stassen 1997: 7.6
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. Merging (nominal or locational) occurs in a limited number of cases in which the locational or nominal strategy penetrates into the verbal core system.Cf. #752.

    1. May 2020

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