Universal #744

Legacy number: 744

 Number  741
 Original  The Tendency of Adjectival N/L-Switching:
In a language with nominal-locational switching for adjectives, the nominal option will encode the more time-stable reading.
 Standardized  IF there is nominal-locational switching for adjectives, THEN the nominal option will encode the more time-stable reading.
 Keywords  word class, time stability, adjective, noun, locational
 Domain  inflection, syntax, semantics
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
 Source  Stassen 1997: 5.3

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Stassen states that “with few exceptions, adjectival N/L switching has a semantic effect which can be interpreted in terms of Time Stability.” But he does not name these languages.
Notes
Underlying The Adjective Hierarchy (#741); the implicational idea is obvious.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Underlying The Adjective Hierarchy (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=741"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">); the implicational idea is obvious.