Universal #1399

Legacy number: 1399

 Number  1395
 Original  If a language has argument-reduced adverbials, it will also have predicate-reduced adverbials.
 Standardized  IF there are argument-reduced adverbials, THEN there are predicate-reduced adverbials.
 Formula  argument-reduced adverbials ⇒ predicate-reduced adverbials
 Keywords  adverbial
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  23 languages in Sanders 1972 [1978]</r>
 Source  Sanders 1972: 107, Sanders 1978: 64

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Discussion
Notes
1. See #1398 for the definition of (non-)reduced adverbials.2. Sanders 1972: 107 (1978: 64) mentions that the truth or falsity of converse statement is unknown.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. See <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1398"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> for the definition of (non-)reduced adverbials.

2. Sanders 1972: 107 (Sanders 1978: 64) mentions that the truth or falsity of converse statement is unknown.