Universal #745
Legacy number: 745
| Number | 742 |
| Original | The Adjective-Switch Universal: If the nominal strategy partakes in an Adjective-switch, and if that switch is monitored by Time Stability, the nominal strategy will encode the more time-stable option. |
| Standardized | IF the nominal strategy partakes in an Adjective-switch, and IF that switch is monitored by Time Stability, THEN the nominal strategy will encode the more time-stable option. |
| Keywords | word class, time stability, adjective, noun |
| 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: 5.6 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Related to The Adjective Hierarchy (#741); the implicational idea is obvious.
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