Universal 1055:

Universal 1055:

Original

If verbs agree in Person, they are even likelier also to agree in Number.

Standardized

IF verbs agree in person, THEN they are even likelier also to agree in number.

Keywords

agreement, verb, number, person

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a

Source

Plank 1994a: 53 ()

Counterexamples

3.8% of languages in Plank’s sample: Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) (V+Sbj), Buginese (W. Malayo-Polynesian. Austronesian).