Universal #1162
Legacy number: 1162
| Number | 1158 |
| Original | If the indefinite article is derived from the cardinal 'one', non-numerable nouns cannot take indefinite article. |
| Standardized | IF the indefinite article is derived from the cardinal 'one', THEN non-numerable nouns cannot take indefinite article. |
| Keywords | indefinite article, numeral |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic and diachronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | 106 languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1969 |
| Source | Moravcsik 1969: 86 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Coptic (Afro-Asiatic), where the indefinite article derived from the cardinal 'one' is used with names of materials that are non-numerable.
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