Universal #1161
Legacy number: 1161
| Number | 1157 |
| Original | No language has been found where definiteness agreement between the head and the relative clause would not have implied agreement for the adjective and its head as well. |
| Standardized | IF a head noun and its relative clause agree in definiteness, THEN head nouns and attributive adjectives also agree in definiteness. |
| Formula | definiteness agreement (head noun & relative clause) ⇒ definiteness agreement (head noun & adjective) |
| Keywords | agreement, definiteness, relative clause, adjective, attribution |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 106 languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1969 |
| Source | Moravcsik 1969: 81 |
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