Universal #396
Legacy number: 396
| Number | 395 |
| Original | If a language has a morphological means to indicate verbal modification (i.e., if a language has participles), then it has a morphological means to indicate verbal reference (i.e., a language has nominalized verb forms). |
| Standardized | IF there are morphological means to indicate verbal modification (i.e., participles), THEN there are morphological means to indicate verbal reference (i.e., nominalized verb forms). |
| Formula | participles ⇒ nominalized verb forms |
| Keywords | participle, verb, nominalization |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Croft 1991 |
| Source | Croft 1991: 131 |
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