Universal #2011
Legacy number: 2011
| Number | 2005 |
| Original | The type of gender resolution system found is constrained by the [gender] assignment system of the language. Languages with strict semantic assignment systems [...] have semantic resolution systems, as do those with predominantly semantic systems [...]. Languages with formal assignment systems may have semantic resolution [...], syntactic (=formal) resolution [...], or mixed resolution [...]. Informally speaking, gender resolution may be "more semantic" but not "less semantic" than gender assignment. |
| Standardized | The type of gender resolution system found is constrained by the [gender] assignment system of the language. Languages with strict semantic assignment systems [...] have semantic resolution systems, as do those with predominantly semantic systems [...]. Languages with formal assignment systems may have semantic resolution [...], syntactic (=formal) resolution [...], or mixed resolution [...]. Informally speaking, gender resolution may be "more semantic" but not "less semantic" than gender assignment. |
| Keywords | agreement, coordination, resolution rules, gender |
| Domain | inflection, syntax, semantics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | "over 200 languages" from all over the place |
| Source | Corbett 1991: 306 |
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