Universal 251: rigid language & ¬manner adverb ⇒ ¬predicative use (nominal & possessive)
Original
All rigid languages for which the class of manner adverbs is irrelevant or a small and closed one do not allow the predicative use of possessive predicates, nor has the predicative use of bare nominal predicates been attested.
Standardized
IF parts-of-speech classification is rigid and there is no or a small and closed class of manner adverbs, THEN nominal and possessive predicates can not be used predicatively.
Keywords
word class, rigid, manner adverb, predicate, nominal, possessive
Hengeveld 1992: 65: “… non-specialized parts-of-speech systems can be subclassified into two major groups: those in which a single part of speech may be used in different functions, and those in which for certain functions a part of speech is lacking. The former may be called flexible languages, the latter rigid languages.”
Hengeveld 1992: 65: “… non-specialized parts-of-speech systems can be subclassified into two major groups: those in which a single part of speech may be used in different functions, and those in which for certain functions a part of speech is lacking. The former may be called flexible languages, the latter rigid languages.”