Universal #1113

Legacy number: 1113

 Number  1109
 Original  There is no language in which person marking applies to predicate nouns and not to predicate verbs.
 Standardized  IF predicate nouns are marked for person, THEN verbs are marked for person.
 Formula  person marking (predicate nouns) ⇒ person marking (predicate verbs)
 Keywords  predicate, person marking, noun, verb
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  115 languages in Wetzer 1996
 Source  Wetzer 1996: 90

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Discussion
Notes
Perhaps this is why they are called verbs.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Perhaps this is why they are called verbs.