Universal #581
Legacy number: 581
| Number | 578 |
| Original | If stacked targets (such as attributive adjective and a determiner) may differ in agreeing on a referential-semantic or a syntactic basis, the target further from the controller is likelier than the one closer to it to agree on a semantic basis. |
| Standardized | IF stacked targets (such as attributive adjective and a determiner) may differ in agreeing on a referential-semantic or a syntactic basis, THEN the target further from the controller is likelier than the one closer to it to agree on a semantic basis. |
| Keywords | agreement, attribution, adjective, determiner |
| Domain | inflection, syntax, semantics |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages in Corbett 1988 |
| Source | Corbett 1988: 49, Plank 1991c: 539 (review) |
Discussion
Notes
Not clear whether a proposed universal or intended as valid only for Slavonic languages (Plank 1991c).Can be restated implicationally.
Comment
Not clear whether a proposed universal or intended as valid only for Slavonic languages (Plank 1991c). Can be restated implicationally.
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