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Universal 1892:

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Universal 1892:

Original
No lexical item that is not a noun can belong to the class of properties borrowed from a language unless this class also includes at least one noun.
Standardized
IF there is a borrowed non-noun, THEN there is a borrowed noun.
Keywords
language contact, borrowing, word class
Domain
lexicon
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentions in Moravcsik 1978e
Source
Moravcsik 1978e: 111
Counterexamples
Possible counterexamples were suggested but not established in Kiparsky 1949 and Weinreich 1966: 31ff. (Moravcsik 1978e: 111)

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    The principle, in respect to various types of bound morphemes, has been suggested by H. Paul, Bloomfield 1933: 454, and Leslau 1945: 66.[But the universal is not about BOUND morphemes! ]

    1. May 2020

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