Universal #120

Legacy number: 120

 Number  120
 Original  If NP-internal constituents agree in more than two categories, the maximum being four, those will always include number and gender and very likely also case.
 Standardized  IF NP-internal constituents agree in more than two categories (the maximum being four), THEN those will always include number and gender and very likely also case.
 Keywords  NP, agreement, number, gender, case
 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=13"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">)

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