Universal 1051:

Universal 1051:

Original

If there is agreement within clauses, agreement is likelier to be used than not to be used within NPs.

Standardized

IF there is agreement within clauses, THEN agreement is likelier to be used than not to be used within NPs.

Keywords

agreement, NP, clause

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a

Source

Plank 1994a: 48 ()

Counterexamples

12% of languages in Plank’s sample: Abkhaz, Archi (both N. Caucasian), Basque, Nivkh, Sumerian (all isolates), Chukchi (Chukchi-Kamchatkan), Erzya Mordva (Uralic), Fore (Trans-New Guinea, Papuan), Mohawk (Iroquoian), Mongolian (Altaic), Nama (Khoisan), Tamazight (Berber, Afro-Asiatic)