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Universal 745:

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Universal 745:

Original
The Nominal-Switch Universal (part 2):
In cases where a nominal Verbal/Nominal-switch is motivated by conditions of Time-Stability, the nominal strategy will encode the more time-stable option.
Standardized
IF a nominal verbal/nominal switch is motivated by conditions of Time-Stability, THEN the nominal strategy will encode the more time-stable option.
Keywords
verbal/nominal switching, encoding, time stability
Domain
syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of 410 languages in Stassen 1997
Source
Stassen 1997: 6.3
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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