Universal 1050:

Universal 1050:

Original

If there is agreement within NPs, there is, almost certainly, also agreement within clauses.

Standardized

IF there is agreement within NPs, THEN there is almost certainly agreement within clauses.

Keywords

NP, clause, agreement

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a

Source

Plank 1994a: 48 ()

Counterexamples

Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan, Australian), Swedish (Germanic, IE)