Universal 418: verb agreement (adverbial constituent) ⇒ verb agreement (non-adverbial constituent)

Universal 418: verb agreement (adverbial constituent) ⇒ verb agreement (non-adverbial constituent)

Original

There is no language which includes sentences where the verb agrees with an adverbial constituent and which would not also include sentences where the verb agrees with a non-adverbial constituent.

Standardized

IF the verb agrees with an adverbial constituent, THEN the verb also agrees with a non-adverbial constituent.

Keywords

verb agreement, adverb

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b

Source

Moravcsik 1978b : 364,

Counterexamples