Universal #1064
Legacy number: 1064
| Number | 1060 |
| Original | For languages which have agreement both within clauses and within NPs, if NP-constituents agree in Number, clause constituents will almost certainly also agree in Number. |
| Standardized | Whenever there is agreement both within clauses and within NPs, IF NP-constituents agree in Number, THEN clause constituents will almost certainly also agree in Number. |
| Keywords | agreement, NP, clause, number |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a |
| Source | Plank 1994a: 57 (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=12"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Arabic (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Burushaski (isolate) have number agreement within NPs and not within clauses.
Notes
1. 82.5% of languages in Plank’s sample have agreement both within clauses and within NPs.2. Cf. #1065.
Comment
1. 82.5% of languages in Plank's sample have agreement both within clauses and within NPs. 2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1065"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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