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">)

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Burushaski (isolate) (controller DObj) (Plank 1994a).
Notes
Cf. #1061 for reverse.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1061"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> for reverse.