Universal #423

Legacy number: 423

 Number  422
 Original  There is no language where, given a constituent class including both members that precede the verb and also members that follow the verb, the verb would agree with some or all of those members following it but with none of those preceding.
 Standardized  Provided there is a constituent class including both members that precede the verb and also members that follow the verb:
IF the verb agrees with some or all of its postverbal members, THEN the verb also agrees with at least some of its preverbal members.
 Formula  verb agreement with members following the verb ⇒ verb agreement with members preceding the verb
 Keywords  verb agreement, order
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1974, Moravcsik 1978b
 Source  Moravcsik 1974: 28, Moravcsik 1978b: 365, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=7"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">

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Discussion
Notes
If there is agreement with any definite or indefinite subjects, or any definite or indefinite direct objects, or any definite or indefinite indirect objects, or any definite or indefinite adverbials, there will be agreement with all preverbal definite or indefinite subjects, all preverbal definite or indefinite direct objects, all definite or indefinite indirect objects, and all preverbal definite or indefinite adverbials, respectively.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
If there is agreement with any definite or indefinite subjects, or any definite or indefinite direct objects, or any definite or indefinite indirect objects, or any definite or indefinite adverbials, there will be agreement with all preverbal definite or indefinite subjects, all preverbal definite or indefinite direct objects, all definite or indefinite indirect objects, and all preverbal definite or indefinite adverbials, respectively.