Universal 1083: agreement with full noun phrases ⇒ agreement with pronouns
Original
… languages that show agreement with full noun phrases but not with pronouns (where the pronoun is independent, i. e. not a case of pronominal inflection) are rare.
Standardized
IF there is agreement with full noun phrases, THEN very likely there is agreement with pronouns.
Keywords
agreement, noun, pronoun
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
Bantu languages, North-East Caucasian languages, Uto-Aztecan languages, some English and French-based pidgins, non standard versions of French and English, English dialects
Georgopoulos 1991: 48-54 proposed that Palauan (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) is a language where there is agreement with full noun phrases but not with pronouns, but Bresnan 1995: 264 argues that the elements in question are in fact bound pronouns; see Börjas & Chapman 1998: 96, fn. 29.
Georgopoulos 1991: 48-54 proposed that Palauan (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) is a language where there is agreement with full noun phrases but not with pronouns, but Bresnan 1995: 264 argues that the elements in question are in fact bound pronouns; see Börjas & Chapman 1998: 96, fn. 29.