Universal #139

Legacy number: 139

 Number  139
 Original  If in a language a property is expressed alternatively by a noun and an adjective and there is an associated difference between temporary versus permanent property, it is the noun which will express permanent property and the adjective which will express temporary property.
 Standardized  IF a property is expressed alternatively by a noun and an adjective and there is an associated difference between temporary versus permanent property, THEN it is the noun which will express permanent property and the adjective which will express temporary property.
 Keywords  word class, noun, adjective, time-stability
 Domain  syntax, semantics
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Wierzbicka 1988
 Source  inferred from Wierzbicka 1988

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Discussion
Notes
See a lot of work on "time stability" as underlying word-class distinction, from Aristotle to Givón, Pustet, Wetzer, Stassen.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
See a lot of work on "time stability" as underlying word-class distinction, from Aristotle to Givón, Pustet, Wetzer, Stassen.