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Universal 1058:

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Universal 1058:

Original
If verbs agree in Gender, they are likelier to agree than not to agree in Person.
Standardized
IF verbs agree in Gender, THEN they are likelier to agree than not to agree in Person.
Keywords
agreement, verb, person, gender
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 50 languages in Plank 1994a
Source
Plank 1994a: 53 ()
Counterexamples
Burushaski (isolate) (controller DObj) (Plank 1994a).

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #1061 for reverse.

    1. May 2020

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