Universal 1109: person marking (predicate nouns) ⇒ person marking (predicate verbs)

Universal 1109: person marking (predicate nouns) ⇒ person marking (predicate verbs)

Original

There is no language in which person marking applies to predicate nouns and not to predicate verbs.

Standardized

IF predicate nouns are marked for person, THEN verbs are marked for person.

Keywords

predicate, person marking, noun, verb

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

115 languages in Wetzer 1996

Source

Wetzer 1996: 90

Counterexamples