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Universal 1395: argument-reduced adverbials ⇒ predicate-reduced adverbials

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Universal 1395: argument-reduced adverbials ⇒ predicate-reduced adverbials

Original
If a language has argument-reduced adverbials, it will also have predicate-reduced adverbials.
Standardized
IF there are argument-reduced adverbials, THEN there are predicate-reduced adverbials.
Keywords
adverbial
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
23 languages in Sanders 1972 [1978]
Source
Sanders 1972: 107, Sanders 1978: 64
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. See #1398 for the definition of (non-)reduced adverbials.2. Sanders 1972: 107 (1978: 64) mentions that the truth or falsity of converse statement is unknown.

    1. May 2020

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