Universal #736
Legacy number: 736
| Number | 733 |
| Original | The Zero Universal: If a language employs zero/nonverbal copula encoding for other sentence types than identity statements, it will at least employ this strategy in the encoding of predicate nominal sentences. |
| Standardized | IF there is zero or nonverbal copula encoding for sentence types other than identity statements, THEN there is zero or nonverbal copula encoding for predicate nominal sentences. |
| Keywords | copula, zero, identity statement, predicate nominal |
| Domain | syntax, semantics |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997 |
| Source | Stassen 1997: 3.7 |
Discussion
Notes
but can be rephrased as an implication, in fact as a chain of implications, linked with #735.
Comment
but can be rephrased as an implication, in fact as a chain of implications, linked with <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=735"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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