Universal 1060:

Universal 1060:

Original

For languages which have agreement both within clauses and within NPs, if NP-constituents agree in Number, clause constituents will almost certainly also agree in Number.

Standardized

Whenever there is agreement both within clauses and within NPs, IF NP-constituents agree in Number, THEN clause constituents will almost certainly also agree in Number.

Keywords

agreement, NP, clause, number

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a

Source

Plank 1994a: 57 ()

Counterexamples

Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Burushaski (isolate) have number agreement within NPs and not within clauses.