Universal #231
Legacy number: 231
| Number | 231 |
| Original | If constituent order is rigid (or if there is no case inflection), then the gradation of adjectives is expressed by function words; if constituent order is flexible (or if there is case inflection), then the gradation of adjectives is expressed inflectionally. |
| Standardized | IF constituent order is rigid (or if there is no case inflection), THEN the gradation of adjectives is expressed by function words; IF constituent order is flexible (or if there is case inflection), THEN the gradation of adjectives is expressed inflectionally. |
| Formula | rigid order ⇒ gradation of adjectives expressed by function words; flexible order &rArr gradation of adjectives expressed inflectionally |
| Keywords | order, case, adjective, comparison, inflection, function word |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | French, Latin, Italian, Spanish (all Italic), Russian, Polish, Church Slavonic, Serbo-Croatian (all Slavic), Ancient Greek (Greek), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) |
| Source | Girard 1747 |
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