Universal #14
Legacy number: 14
| Number | 14 |
| Original | If verbs agree with objects, they are likelier to do so with case marked than case-less ones. OR There is no language, given that it has a class of direct objects including both members that are case-marked and also members that are not case-marked, where the verb agrees with some or all of those not case-marked but with none of those case-marked. |
| Standardized | IF verbs agree with objects when they are not marked for case, THEN they will also agree with the same objects when they are marked for case. |
| Formula | verb agreement with case-less objects ⇒ verb agreement with case-marked objects |
| Keywords | agreement, case, direct object |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b |
| Source | Moravcsik 1978b: 365, Moravcsik 1988: 94 |
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