Universal #49
Legacy number: 49
| Number | 49 |
| Original | Case and number agreement of attributive adjectives are determined independently: number agreement is controlled by head nouns; case is distributed among the relevant noun phrase (NP) constituents subject to structural conditions, especially that of c-command. |
| Standardized | Case and number agreement of attributive adjectives are determined independently: number agreement is controlled by head nouns; case is distributed among the relevant noun phrase (NP) constituents subject to structural conditions, especially that of c-command. |
| Keywords | NP, noun, case, number, attributive adjective, agreement, c-command |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | ? |
| Source | Babby 1988: 300, Plank 1991c: 534 (review) |
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