Universal 142: Du (Adj) ⇒ Du (Dem)

Universal 142: Du (Adj) ⇒ Du (Dem)

Original

In noun-phrase-internal agreement, if adjectives inflect for the dual, so do demonstratives.

Standardized

In NP-internal agreement, IF adjectives inflect for the dual, THEN demonstratives inflect for dual also.

Keywords

agreement, NP, demonstrative, adjective, number, dual

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages surveyed in Plank 1989

Source

Plank 1989: 308

Counterexamples

Slovene (S. Slavic, Indo-European) and Eastern Libyan Arabic (W. Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), similarly perhaps in other Semitic languages.