Universal #1056
Legacy number: 1056
| Number | 1052 |
| Original | If determiners and modifiers agree both with head nouns, head nouns do not agree with attributive nouns, and vice versa. |
| Standardized | IF determiners and modifiers both agree with head nouns, THEN head nouns do not agree with attributive nouns. IF head nouns do not agree with attributive nouns, THEN both determiners and modifiers agree with head nouns. |
| Formula | |
| Keywords | agreement, NP, determiner, modifier, attribution |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a |
| Source | Plank 1994a: 51 (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Israeli Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic)
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