Universal 104:

Universal 104:

Original

When noun-phrase internal agreement (in class) is lost, it tends to disappear first on numerals, then on adjectives, then on demonstratives.

Standardized

IF noun-phrase internal agreement (in class) is being lost on demonstratives, THEN adjectives do not, or no longer agree in class;
IF it is being lost on adjectives, THEN numerals do not, or no longer agree in class.

Keywords

adjective, numeral, demonstrative, noun class, agreement

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

diachronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages in Marchese 1988

Source

Marchese 1988: 334-336, reviewed in Plank 1991c

Counterexamples