Universal 284: gender(Adj) &,V number(adj) &,V case(adj) ⇒ gender(noun) &,V number(noun) &,V case(noun)

Universal 284: gender(Adj) &,V number(adj) &,V case(adj) ⇒ gender(noun) &,V number(noun) &,V case(noun)

Original

If an adjective has the categories of gender and/or number and/or case, then the noun has these categories also.

Standardized

IF the adjective inflects for gender and/or number and/or case, THEN the noun inflects for these categories also.

Keywords

adjective, noun, number, gender, case

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

?

Source

see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Rozdestvenskij

Counterexamples

Do nouns really inflect for gender in lgs like the IE ones, rather than only being lexically specified for gender?