Universal #86

Legacy number: 86

 Number  86
 Original  If in a language the verb agrees with anything other than subjects and direct objects, it agrees with some or all indirect objects.
 Standardized  IF the verb agrees with anything other than subjects and direct objects, THEN it agrees with some or all indirect objects.
 Keywords  verb, agreement, subject, direct object, indirect object
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages in Moravcsik 1974
 Source  Moravcsik 1974: 28, Moravcsik 1978b: 364

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Discussion
Notes
1. ##84, 85, 86 combined and turned around, to yield proper implications:IF the verb agrees with indirect objects, THEN it also agrees with direct object;IF it agrees with direct objects, THEN it also agrees with subjects.That is, verb agreement is governed by this relational hierarchy:Sbj > dObj > iObj > other2. Cf. #293; also # 45.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=84"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=85"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=86"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> combined and turned around, to yield proper implications:
IF the verb agrees with indirect objects, THEN it also agrees with direct object;
IF it agrees with direct objects, THEN it also agrees with subjects.

That is, verb agreement is governed by this relational hierarchy:
Sbj > dObj > iObj > other

2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=293"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">; also <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=45"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.