Universal #421
Legacy number: 421
| Number | 420 |
| Original | There is no language where, given a constituent class including both animate and inanimate members, the verb would agree with some or all of the inanimate members but with none of the animate ones. |
| Standardized | Provided there is a constituent class including both animate and inanimate members: IF the verb agrees with some or all of its inanimate members, THEN the verb also agrees with its at least some of its animate members. |
| Formula | verb agreement (inanimate constituent) ⇒ verb agreement (animate constituent) |
| Keywords | verb agreement, animacy |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b |
| Source | Moravcsik 1978b: 365, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=5"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> |
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