Universal #1001
Legacy number: 1002
| Number | 998 |
| Original | If a language has an Exceed-1 (i.e. a serial) Comparative, it is verby. If an Exceed language verby, it has an Exceed-1 Comparative. |
| Standardized | IF there is an Exceed-1 Comparative, THEN adjectives are verby. IF adjectives are verby and there is an Exceed Comparative, THEN this comparative is of Exceed-1 type. |
| Formula | Exceed-1 Comparative ⇒ adjectives are verby |
| Keywords | comparative, word class, adjectives, verb |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 110 languages |
| Source | Stassen 1985: 180 |
Discussion
Notes
1. In Exceed-1 Comparative, the comparee NP is constructed as the subject of a verbal complex which contains both the comparative predicate and the exceed-verb (a so-called ‘serial-verb’-construction).2. The exceed comparative is an instance of fixed-case comparative constructions, in which the standard NP is invariably constructed as the direct object of a special transitive verb, the meaning of which can be glossed as ‘to exceed’, ‘to surpass’ or ‘to excel’.
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2. The exceed comparative is an instance of fixed-case comparative constructions, in which the standard NP is invariably constructed as the direct object of a special transitive verb, the meaning of which can be glossed as 'to exceed', 'to surpass' or 'to excel'.