Universal #1419
Legacy number: 1419
| Number | 1415 |
| Original | If heads of possessive constructions agree with their possessors in a given language then verbs agree with subjects in that language. |
| Standardized | IF heads of possessive constructions (=possessees) agree with their possessors, THEN verbs agree with subjects. |
| Keywords | agreement, verb, subject, attribution, possession |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Eskimo (Eskimo-Aleut), Arosi, Fijian (both Remote Oceanic, Austronesian), Dharawal (Pama-Nyungan, Australian), Quechua (Andean), Zürich German (Germanic, Indo-European), Yurok (Algic), Welsh (Celtic, Indo-European) |
| Source | Keenan 1974: 303 |
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