Universal #897

Legacy number: 897

 Number  894
 Original  Dependent-marking languages tend to have an adjective class of type (a), where adjectives are grammatically similar to nouns.
 Standardized  IF there is dependent-marking, THEN adjectives tend to be similar to nouns.
 Formula  dependent-marking ⇒ adjectives similar to nouns
 Keywords  dependent-marking, adjective, noun
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  around 300 languages, not identified
 Source  Dixon 1997: 125

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