Universal #604
Legacy number: 604
| Number | 601 |
| Original | If there is agreement between the verb and some of its noun phrase complements with respect to “affectedness” or quality, the noun phrase complements participating in this kind of agreement will be objects and intransitive subjects. |
| Standardized | IF there is agreement between the verb and some of its noun phrase complements with respect to “affectedness” or quality, THEN the noun phrase complements participating in this kind of agreement will be objects and intransitive subjects. |
| Keywords | agreement, verb, NP, semantics, affectedness, object, intransitive subject |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | no genuine implication; rather: provided that |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978d |
| Source | Moravcsik 1978d: 263 |
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