Universal #428
Legacy number: 428
| Number | 427 |
| Original | If there is any set of agreeing constituent types whose members show agreement in terms of semantically interpretable or “natural” gender properties, this set will include constituent types that are external to the noun phrase – that is to say, verbs and anaphoric pronouns. OR, putting it in another way: the occurrence of semantic or natural gender agreement within the noun phrase implies such agreement outside it in the same language. |
| Standardized | Whenever there is gender agreement, IF morphological gender can be overruled by semantics within the noun phrase, THEN it can also be overruled in noun phrase external gender agreement. |
| Formula | agreement in gender (within the NP) ⇒ agreement in gender (outside the NP) |
| Keywords | agreement, gender, NP |
| Domain | inflection, syntax, semantics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b |
| Source | inferred from Moravcsik 1978b: 340 |
Discussion
Notes
See Corbett's Agreement Hierarchy.
Comment
See Corbett's Agreement Hierarchy.
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