Universal #1934

Legacy number: 1934

 Number  1928
 Original  If there is a word-form loan of a negative determiner in a language, then there is a word-form loan of a specific determiner, too.
 Standardized  IF there is a word-form borrowing of a negative determiner, THEN there is a word-form borrowing of a specific determiner, too.
 Formula  negative determiner is borrowed ⇒ specific determiner is borrowed
 Keywords  borrowing, indefinite pronoun, negative determiner, specific determiner
 Domain  lexicon, morphology
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  mainly based on survey of Romani dialects (Indo-Aryan, IE), but also Aromunian (E. Romance, IE), Chamorro (W. Malayo-Polynesian), Saami (Finno-Ugric, Uralic), Swahili (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo), Spanish (Romance, IE), Persian (Iranian, IE), Turkic languages, Dardic languages, Albanian (Albanian, IE), Kormakita Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) and others
 Source  Elšík 2001: 139

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Discussion
Notes
Why this elaborate wording – "word-form borrowing"?
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Why this elaborate wording – "word-form borrowing"?