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Universal 141: Adj(shape) ⇒ Adj(color) & Adj(size)

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Universal 141: Adj(shape) ⇒ Adj(color) & Adj(size)

Original
If a language has adjectives for shape, it has adjectives for colour and size.
Standardized
IF the property concept of shape is expressed through adjectives, THEN those of colour and size are also expressed through adjectives.
Keywords
word class, adjective, property concept
Domain
syntax, semantics
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages in Dixon 1977
Source
Dixon 1977
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    See #1200.

    1. May 2020

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