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Universal 733:

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Universal 733:

Original
The Zero Universal:
If a language employs zero/nonverbal copula encoding for other sentence types than identity statements, it will at least employ this strategy in the encoding of predicate nominal sentences.
Standardized
IF there is zero or nonverbal copula encoding for sentence types other than identity statements, THEN there is zero or nonverbal copula encoding for predicate nominal sentences.
Keywords
copula, zero, identity statement, predicate nominal
Domain
syntax, semantics
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
Source
Stassen 1997: 3.7
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    but can be rephrased as an implication, in fact as a chain of implications, linked with #735.

    1. May 2020

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