Universal 1436: N Adj ⇒ overt copula form (of “to be”) in the present tense form

Universal 1436: N Adj ⇒ overt copula form (of “to be”) in the present tense form

Original

If in a language the adjective follows the noun, there is an overt copula form (of ‘to be’) in the present tense form.

Standardized

IF the adjective follows the noun, THEN there is an overt copula form (of ‘to be’) in the present tense form.

Keywords

order, noun, adjective, copula, tense, present

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

unspecified

Source

Serebrennikov 1974: 312

Counterexamples

Egyptian (Afro-Asiatic) (F. Kammerzell, p.c.)