Universal #742

Legacy number: 742

 Number  739
 Original  The Material-Gender Universal:
In a split-adjective language, items which belong to the adjectival categories of Material and Gender will be on the nonverbal side of the split.
 Standardized  IF there is a nominal-verbal split in encoding property concepts, THEN items which belong to the adjectival categories of Material and Gender will be be encoded by the non-verbal strategy.
 Keywords  word class, adjective, property concepts, material, gender
 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.Seen as part of The Adjective Hierarchy (#741), the implicational idea is obvious.
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.

Seen as part of The Adjective Hierarchy (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=741"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">), the implicational idea is obvious.