Universal #105

Legacy number: 105

 Number  105
 Original  Adjectives tend to lose class agreement before number agreement.
 Standardized  IF adjectives are losing number agreement, THEN they do not, or no longer, have class agreement.
 Keywords  adjective, agreement, noun class, number
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Marchese 1988
 Source  Marchese 1988: 335, Plank 1991c: 541 (review)

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Discussion
Notes
Probably supposed to be valid only for the Kru family (Central Niger-Congo) rather than generally.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Probably supposed to be valid only for the Kru family (Central Niger-Congo) rather than generally.