Universal 893: head-marking ⇒ adjectives similar to verbs
- Original
- Head-marking languages tend to have an adjective class of type (b), where adjectives are grammatically similar to verbs.
- Standardized
- IF there is head-marking, THEN adjectives tend to be similar to verbs.
- Keywords
- head-marking, adjective, verb
- Domain
- inflection, syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- around 300 languages, not identified
- Source
- Dixon 1997: 125
- Counterexamples
