Universal #47

Legacy number: 47

 Number  47
 Original  Nominal predicate complements are more likely than adjectival and participial predicate complements not to agree in case with the noun phrase (NP) of which they are complements and instead to occur in a non-agreement case (such as, in Lithuanian, the instrumental).
 Standardized  IF adjectival and participial predicate complements do not agree in case with the NP of which they are complements, THEN nominal predicates will not agree in case either.
 Keywords  predicate complement, noun, adjective, participle, NP, case, agreement
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Timberlake 1988: 187, Plank 1991c: 535 (review)

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Discussion
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or, avoiding double negation:IF nominal predicate complements agree in case with the NP of which they are complements, THEN adjectival and participial complements will also agree in case.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
or, avoiding double negation:
IF nominal predicate complements agree in case with the NP of which they are complements, THEN adjectival and participial complements will also agree in case.