Universal #1065
Legacy number: 1065
| Number | 1061 |
| Original | For languages which have agreement both within clauses and within NPs, if clause-constituents agree in Number, NP constituents are very likely also to agree in Number. |
| Standardized | Whenever there is agreement both within clauses and within NPs, IF clause-constituents agree in number, THEN NP constituents are very likely also to 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
Avar, Svan, Tabasaran (all Caucasian), Jacaltec (Mayan) have number agreement within clauses and not within NPs.
Notes
1. 82.5% of languages in Plank’s sample have agreement both within clauses and within NPs. 2. Cf. #1064.
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=1064"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
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