Universal #993

Legacy number: 993

 Number  989
 Original  Languages with a conjoined comparative are languages with no deranking (i.e. they are balancing) and no identity deletion.
 Standardized  IF there is conjoined comparative, THEN there is no deranking and no identity deletion.
or
IF there is conjoined comparative, THEN there is balancing and no identity deletion.
 Formula  conjoined comparative ⇒ ¬ deranking & ¬ identity deletion;
conjoined comparative ⇒ balancing & ¬ identity deletion
 Keywords  comparative, deranking, balancing, identity deletion
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 110 languages
 Source  Stassen 1984: 170, Stassen 1985: 108

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Discussion
Notes
The CONJOINED COMPARATIVE is a manifestation of derived-case comparative constructions. NP-comparison is typically effected by means of the adversative coordination of two clauses, which exhibit a structural parallelism.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The CONJOINED COMPARATIVE is a manifestation of derived-case comparative constructions. NP-comparison is typically effected by means of the adversative coordination of two clauses, which exhibit a structural parallelism.