Universal #119
Legacy number: 119
| Number | 119 |
| Original | If NP-internal constituents agree in two categories these will most likely be number and gender or number and person, depending on whether the targets are modifiers/determiners (and the controllers head nouns) or head nouns (and the controllers attributive nouns). The second-most likely combination of two categories with modifier/determiner targets is that of number and case; and the only other permissible combination of two categories is that of gender and case. |
| Standardized | IF NP-internal constituents agree in two categories, THEN these will most likely be number and gender or number and person, depending on whether the targets are modifiers/determiners (and the controllers head nouns) or head nouns (and the controllers attributive nouns). The second-most likely combination of two categories with modifier/determiner targets is that of number and case; and the only other permissible combination of two categories is that of gender and case. |
| Keywords | NP, agreement, number, gender, case, person |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | 45 languages surveyed in Plank 1994a |
| Source | Plank 1994a : 55 (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=11"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">) |
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