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Universal 103:

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Universal 103:

Original
Agreement should preferably occur in marked rather than unmarked construction types, e. g. with appositive rather than attributive adjectives.
Standardized
IF there is agreement in unmarked construction types (e.g. with attributive adjectives as targets), THEN there is also agreement in corresponding marked construction types (e.g. with appositive adjectives as targets).
Keywords
attributive adjective, appositive, agreement, markedness
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
languages in Moravcsik 1988
Source
Moravcsik 1988, Plank 1991c: 536 (review)
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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