Universal #35

Legacy number: 35

 Number  35
 Original  If a language has Suffixaufnahme, then adjectives agree with their heads in the same category.
 Standardized  IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN adjectives agree with their heads in the same category.
 Formula  SA ⇒ adjectives agree with their heads in the same category
 Keywords  case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme, adjective, attribution
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Suffixaufnahme-languages surveyed in Plank (ed.) 1995
 Source  Moravcsik 1995: 474, G18

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Malto (Dravidian): Adjectives do not agree with their head noun if used attributively (Schellinger 1998).
Notes
This universal is a specific version of G17, here #31.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
This universal is a specific version of G17, here <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=31"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.