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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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006