Universal #746

Legacy number: 746

 Number  743
 Original  The N/L-Switching Universal for Predicate Nominals:
If a language has N/L-switching for predicate nominals, it will either have N/L-switching for predicate adjectives, or complete locational take-over for predicate adjectives.
 Standardized  IF there is nominal/locational switching for predicate nominals, THEN there is either nominal/locational switching for predicate adjectives, or complete locational take-over for predicate adjectives.
 Keywords  word class, predicate nominal, predicate adjective, locational
 Domain  inflection, syntax, semantics
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
 Source  Stassen 1997: 6.3

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Discussion
Notes
The encoding of a given predicate category in a language will be rated as a case of locational take-over, if and only if this encoding employs at least one of the members of the set of support verbs which are used in the encoding of locational predicates in the language.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The encoding of a given predicate category in a language will be rated as a case of LOCATIONAL TAKE-OVER, if and only if this encoding employs at least one of the members of the set of support verbs which are used in the encoding of locational predicates in the language.