Universal 1928: negative determiner is borrowed ⇒ specific determiner is borrowed
Original
If there is a word-form loan of a negative determiner in a language, then there is a word-form loan of a specific determiner, too.
Standardized
IF there is a word-form borrowing of a negative determiner, THEN there is a word-form borrowing of a specific determiner, too.
Keywords
borrowing, indefinite pronoun, negative determiner, specific determiner
Domain
lexicon, morphology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
mainly based on survey of Romani dialects (Indo-Aryan, IE), but also Aromunian (E. Romance, IE), Chamorro (W. Malayo-Polynesian), Saami (Finno-Ugric, Uralic), Swahili (Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo), Spanish (Romance, IE), Persian (Iranian, IE), Turkic languages, Dardic languages, Albanian (Albanian, IE), Kormakita Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) and others
Why this elaborate wording – “word-form borrowing”?