Universal 1061:

Universal 1061:

Original

For languages which have agreement both within clauses and within NPs, if clause-constituents agree in Number, NP constituents are very likely also to agree in Number.

Standardized

Whenever there is agreement both within clauses and within NPs, IF clause-constituents agree in number, THEN NP constituents are very likely also to 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

Avar, Svan, Tabasaran (all Caucasian), Jacaltec (Mayan) have number agreement within clauses and not within NPs.