Universal #51

Legacy number: 51

 Number  51
 Original  In agreement of governors (verbs, adpositions, possessum noun phrases) with dependent NPs (NP external agreement), except those NPs bearing a concrete semantic relation, the agreement features may include person but not case.
 Standardized  The agreement features of governing elements in agreement with NPs governed may include person but not case.
 Keywords  verb, adposition, possession, dependent, agreement, case, person
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  ?
 Source  C.Lehmann 1988: 57, Plank 1991c: 537 (review)

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