Universal #739
Legacy number: 739
| Number | 736 |
| Original | The Adjective-Nominal Universal (alternative version): If predicative adjectives are encoded nonverbally, then predicate nominals are encoded nonverbally. |
| Standardized | If predicative adjectives are encoded nonverbally, then predicate nominals are encoded nonverbally. |
| Formula | predicate adjectives encoded nonverbally ⇒ predicate nominals encoded nonverbally |
| Keywords | word class, predicate nominal, predicative adjective |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997 |
| Source | Stassen 1997: 4.4 |
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