Universal #523

Legacy number: 523

 Number  521
 Original  In more than one language, and possibly in all, if the adnominal adjective agrees with the noun, so does the adnominal demonstrative.
 Standardized  IF the adnominal adjective agrees with the noun, THEN so does the adnominal demonstrative.
 Formula  adnominal Adj agreement (noun) ⇒ adnominal Dem agreement (noun)
 Keywords  agreement, demonstrative, adjective, NP
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages surveyed by Moravcsik 1997
 Source  Moravcsik 1997: 317

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Discussion
Notes
Based on a survey of the languages of Europe, research by A. Siewierska and D. Bakker (as cited in Plank 1994a: 51) yielded the following hierarchy of agreement targets:Demonstrative < AttrAdjective < Pred Adjective < Article.In other words, if any one or more of the three constituents – attributive and predicative adjective and article – agree with the noun, the demonstrative does so too.
Comment
EF · 20 Jul 2007
Based on a survey of the languages of Europe, research by A. Siewierska and D. Bakker (as cited in Plank 1994a: 51) yielded the following hierarchy of agreement targets:
Demonstrative < AttrAdjective < Pred Adjective < Article.<br> In other words, if any one or more of the three constituents – attributive and predicative adjective and article – agree with the noun, the demonstrative does so too.