Universal 1725:

Original: If the definite article can be the sole marker of definiteness in a noun phrase, it can also be the sole marker of nominality.
Standardized: IF the definite article can be the sole marker of definiteness in a noun phrase, THEN the definite article can be the sole marker of nominality.
Keywords: definite article, definiteness, noun
Domain: syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: absolute?
Basis: languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1994b, including Hungarian, Mari (both Finno-Ugric), Albanian (Albanian, IE), Classical and Modern Greek (Greek, IE), English, German, Swedish, Dutch, Frisian, Old Icelandic (all Germanic, IE), Welsh, Breton, Manx (all Celtic, IE), Spanish, Rumanian, Romantsch, Latin, Sardinian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Italian, Occitan (all Romance, IE), Macedonian (Slavic, IE), Abkhaz (NW Caucasian), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Maltese (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Basque (isolate), Jicaltepec Mixtec (Oto-Manguean), Samoan (Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian), Berbice Dutch Creole, Toba (Western Malayo-Polynesian), Chantyal (?)
Source: Moravcsik 1994b

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