Universal 735: predicate nominals encoded verbally ⇒ predicate adjectives encoded verbally

Universal 735: predicate nominals encoded verbally ⇒ predicate adjectives encoded verbally

Original

The Adjective-Nominal Universal:
If predicate nominals are encoded verbally, then predicative adjectives are encoded verbally.

Standardized

If predicate nominals are encoded verbally, THEN predicative adjectives are encoded verbally.

Keywords

word class, predicate nominal, predicative adjective

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997

Source

Stassen 1997: 4.4

Counterexamples