Universal #1897

Legacy number: 1897

 Number  1892
 Original  No lexical item that is not a noun can belong to the class of properties borrowed from a language unless this class also includes at least one noun.
 Standardized  IF there is a borrowed non-noun, THEN there is a borrowed noun.
 Keywords  language contact, borrowing, word class
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentions in Moravcsik 1978e
 Source  Moravcsik 1978e: 111

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Possible counterexamples were suggested but not established in Kiparsky 1949 and Weinreich 1966: 31ff. (Moravcsik 1978e: 111)
Notes
The principle, in respect to various types of bound morphemes, has been suggested by H. Paul, Bloomfield 1933: 454, and Leslau 1945: 66.[But the universal is not about BOUND morphemes! ]
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The principle, in respect to various types of bound morphemes, has been suggested by H. Paul, Bloomfield 1933: 454, and Leslau 1945: 66.
[But the universal is not about BOUND morphemes! ]