Universal #1495
Legacy number: 1495
| Number | 1491 |
| Original | As a consequence of the tendency of incorporated nouns to be generic in meaning, they do not seem to be able to trigger 'transformations' which imply specific reference: conjuction deletion, Equi-NP-deletion, passivization, relativization, topicalization. |
| Standardized | IF a noun is incorporated (because it is generic), THEN it cannot trigger transformations' which imply specific reference: conjuction deletion, Equi-NP-deletion, passivization, relativization, and topicalization. |
| Keywords | incorporation, conjunction deletion, diathesis, passivization, relativization, topicalization, Equi-NP-deletion, generic, specific reference |
| Domain | morphology, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages with object-incorporation, including Chukchi (Chukchi-Kamchatkan), Yana (Hokan), Kitonemuk (Uto-Aztecan), Gunbalang (Gunwingguan, Australian), Onondaga (Iroquoian), Aztec (Uto-Aztecan), Tongan, Fijian (both Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian), Malagasy (Barito, Western Malayo-Polynesian), Turkish (Turkish, Altaic), Mainland Comox (Salish), and others |
| Source | Mardirussian 1975: 386, Hagège 1978: 61 |
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