Universal #1898

Legacy number: 1898

 Number  1893
 Original  A lexical item whose meaning is verbal can never be included in the set of borrowed properties.
 Standardized  A lexical item whose meaning is verbal can never be included in the set of borrowed properties.
 Keywords  language contact, borrowing, word class, verb
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  unconditional
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentions in Moravcsik 1978e
 Source  Moravcsik 1978e: 111

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Discussion
Notes
1. For exemplification and general discussion see Moravcsik 1975.2. Doesn't #1897 permit the borrowing of verbs, on condition that nouns have already been borrowed?
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. For exemplification and general discussion see Moravcsik 1975.

2. Doesn't <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1897"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> permit the borrowing of verbs, on condition that nouns have already been borrowed?