Universal #740

Legacy number: 740

 Number  737
 Original  The Human Propensity Universal:
In a split-adjective language, human-propensity predicates will be encoded by the verbal strategy.
 Standardized  IF there is a nominal-verbal split in encoding property concepts, THEN Human Propensity predicates will be encoded by the verbal strategy.
 Keywords  word class, adjective, verb, noun, property concepts, human propensity
 Domain  inflection, syntax, semantics
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
 Source  Stassen 1997: 5.2

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Discussion
Notes
In a SPLIT-ADJECTIVE language some property concept predicates will always receive a verbal encoding, whereas other property concept predicates will always be encoded by a nominal strategy.#740 is derivative of The Adjective Hierarchy (#741). #740 is supposed to have fewer counterexamples than #741 as a whole (Stassen 1997: 169).The Original phrasing is supposed to be implicational, but clearly isn't as it stands. Seen as part of The Adjective Hierarchy, the implicational idea is obvious, though.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
In a SPLIT-ADJECTIVE language some property concept predicates will always receive a verbal encoding, whereas other property concept predicates will always be encoded by a nominal strategy.

<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=740"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> is derivative of The Adjective Hierarchy (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=741"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">).
<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=740"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> is supposed to have fewer counterexamples than <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=741"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> as a whole (Stassen 1997: 169).

The Original phrasing is supposed to be implicational, but clearly isn't as it stands. Seen as part of The Adjective Hierarchy, the implicational idea is obvious, though.