Universal #1062
Legacy number: 1062
| Number | 1058 |
| Original | If verbs agree in Gender, they are likelier to agree than not to agree in Person. |
| Standardized | IF verbs agree in Gender, THEN they are likelier to agree than not to agree in Person. |
| Keywords | agreement, verb, person, gender |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a |
| Source | Plank 1994a: 53 (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=9"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Burushaski (isolate) (controller DObj) (Plank 1994a).
Notes
Cf. #1061 for reverse.
Comment
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1061"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> for reverse.
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