Universal #582
Legacy number: 582
| Number | 579 |
| Original | A language distinguishes between count and mass nouns if and only if a language possesses configurational NPs. |
| Standardized | IF there is a distinction between count and mass nouns, THEN NPs are configurational. IF NPs are configurational, THEN there is a distinction between count and mass nouns. |
| Formula | count & mass nouns ⇔ configurational NP; |
| Keywords | count noun, mass noun, configurational NP |
| Domain | morphology, syntax, semantics |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | English, Russian (both Indo-European), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Georgian (S. Caucasian), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan) |
| Source | Gil 1987: 254-269 |
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