Universal #1087

Legacy number: 1087

 Number  1083
 Original  ... languages that show agreement with full noun phrases but not with pronouns (where the pronoun is independent, i. e. not a case of pronominal inflection) are rare.
 Standardized  IF there is agreement with full noun phrases, THEN very likely there is agreement with pronouns.
 Formula  agreement with full noun phrases ⇒ agreement with pronouns
 Keywords  agreement, noun, pronoun
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  Bantu languages, North-East Caucasian languages, Uto-Aztecan languages, some English and French-based pidgins, non standard versions of French and English, English dialects
 Source  Börjas & Chapman 1998: 92

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Discussion
Notes
Georgopoulos 1991: 48-54 proposed that Palauan (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) is a language where there is agreement with full noun phrases but not with pronouns, but Bresnan 1995: 264 argues that the elements in question are in fact bound pronouns; see Börjas & Chapman 1998: 96, fn. 29.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Georgopoulos 1991: 48-54 proposed that Palauan (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) is a language where there is agreement with full noun phrases but not with pronouns, but Bresnan 1995: 264 argues that the elements in question are in fact bound pronouns; see Börjas & Chapman 1998: 96, fn. 29.