Universal #277

Legacy number: 277

 Number  276
 Original  If there is a regular number distinction in the forms of the adjective or of the verb, there is the same distinction in the forms of the noun of the given language.
 Standardized  IF there is a regular number distinction in the forms of the adjective or of the verb, THEN there is the same distinction in the forms of the noun.
 Formula  number (adjective V verb) ⇒ number (noun)
 Keywords  number, adjective, verb, noun
 Domain  inflection
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Uspensky 1968: 8 [Uspensky 1972: 60]; Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Roti, Kei (both Central Malayo-Polynesian), where number is not expressed in the noun but in the verb agreed with the noun (Uspensky 1968: 8 [1972: 60])
Notes
1. See also #285.2. Cf. ##148, 237.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. See also <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=285"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=148"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_idr=237"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">