Universal #1734
Legacy number: 1734
| Number | 1729 |
| Original | The phonological body of the definite article is never more substantial in adnominal use than in pronominal use. |
| Standardized | The phonological body of the definite article is never more substantial in adnominal use than in pronominal use. |
| Keywords | definite article, pronoun |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1994b, including Hungarian, Mari (both Finno-Ugric), Albanian (Albanian, IE), Classical and Modern Greek (Greek, IE), English, German, Swedish, Dutch, Frisian, Old Icelandic (all Germanic, IE), Welsh, Breton, Manx (all Celtic, IE), Spanish, Rumanian, Romantsch, Latin, Sardinian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Italian, Occitan (all Romance, IE), Macedonian (Slavic, IE), Abkhaz (NW Caucasian), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Maltese (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Basque (isolate), Jicaltepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean), Samoan (Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian), Berbice Dutch Creole, Toba (Western Malayo-Polynesian), Chantyal (?) |
| Source | Moravcsik 1994b |
Discussion
Notes
Cf. #1735.
Comment
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