Universal 989: conjoined comparative ⇒ ¬ deranking & ¬ identity deletion;
conjoined comparative ⇒ balancing & ¬ identity deletion

Universal 989: conjoined comparative ⇒ ¬ deranking & ¬ identity deletion;
conjoined comparative ⇒ balancing & ¬ identity deletion

Original

Languages with a conjoined comparative are languages with no deranking (i.e. they are balancing) and no identity deletion.

Standardized

IF there is conjoined comparative, THEN there is no deranking and no identity deletion.
or
IF there is conjoined comparative, THEN there is balancing and no identity deletion.

Keywords

comparative, deranking, balancing, identity deletion

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of 110 languages

Source

Stassen 1984: 170, Stassen 1985: 108

Counterexamples