Universal #1945

Legacy number: 1945

 Number  1939
 Original  If a language has denominal derivation, it has nominal derivation (=derivation of something else to nouns).
 Standardized  IF words of whatever word class can be derived from nouns, THEN nouns can be derived from words/stems other than nouns.
 Keywords  derivation, noun, word class
 Domain  word formation
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  ?
 Source  C.Lehmann & Moravcsik 2000

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