Universal #1550
Legacy number: 1550
| Number | 1546 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, there is probably less agreement of adjectives with common nouns than in verb-final languages, especially case agreement. |
| Standardized | The likelihood of attributive adjectives agreeing with nouns, especially in case, is lower if basic order is verb-initial than if it is verb-final. |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, verb-final, agreement, adjective, attribution, case |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | unknown |
| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 13 |
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