Universal 35: SA ⇒ adjectives agree with their heads in the same category

Universal 35: SA ⇒ adjectives agree with their heads in the same category

Original

If a language has Suffixaufnahme, then adjectives agree with their heads in the same category.

Standardized

IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN adjectives agree with their heads in the same category.

Keywords

case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, adjective, attribution

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.) 1995

Source

Moravcsik 1995: 474, G18

Counterexamples

Malto (Dravidian): Adjectives do not agree with their head noun if used attributively (Schellinger 1998).