Universal #510

Legacy number: 510

 Number  508
 Original  If the verb agrees either with the subject or object noun in gender, then the adjective always agrees with the noun in gender.
 Standardized  IF the verb agrees with either the subject or the object in gender, THEN the adjective always agrees with the noun in gender.
 Formula  verb agreement in gender (subject V object) ⇒ adjective agreement in gender (noun)
 Keywords  agreement, gender, verb, adjective<br>
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample
 Source  Greenberg 1963: 93, #31

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Discussion
Notes
1. Supported by Corbett 1991: 111, on the basis of ca. 200 languages.2. In the 50-lgs sample of Bybee (1985), 16% of the lgs have verbs agreeing in gender. No information given on adjectives agreeing with nouns in gender.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Supported by Corbett 1991: 111, on the basis of ca. 200 languages.

2. In the 50-lgs sample of Bybee 1985, 16% of the lgs have verbs agreeing in gender. No information given on adjectives agreeing with nouns in gender.