Universal 574: obligatory (in)definiteness marking ⇒ ¬stacked adnominal construction

Universal 574: obligatory (in)definiteness marking ⇒ ¬stacked adnominal construction

Original

If a language has obligatory marking of (in)definiteness, then it has no stacked adnominal numeral constructions (but not vice versa).

Standardized

IF there is obligatory marking of (in)definiteness, THEN there will be no stacked adnominal numeral constructions.

Keywords

definiteness, numeral

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

English, Russian (both Indo-European), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Georgian (S. Caucasian), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan)

Source

Gil 1987: 254-269

Counterexamples