Universal #748

Legacy number: 748

 Number  745
 Original  The Nominal-Switch Universal (part 2):
In cases where a nominal Verbal/Nominal-switch is motivated by conditions of Time-Stability, the nominal strategy will encode the more time-stable option.
 Standardized  IF a nominal verbal/nominal switch is motivated by conditions of Time-Stability, THEN the nominal strategy will encode the more time-stable option.
 Keywords  verbal/nominal switching, encoding, time stability
 Domain  syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
 Source  Stassen 1997: 6.3

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