1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1754: Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1754: Original For all languages, if person and/or number is marked on non-finite forms, then it is also marked on finite forms. Standardized IF person and/or number is marked on non-finite forms, THEN person and/or number is also marked on finite forms. Keywords verb, finite, non-finite, agreement, person, number Domain inflection, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality statistical Basis languages mentioned in Vincent 1998, with special reference to Old Neapolitan Source Vincent 1998: 147 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP This generalization excludes a morphosyntactic change leading to the loss of person/number marking on the finite verb without there being a parallel change which affects the non-finite system. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP This generalization excludes a morphosyntactic change leading to the loss of person/number marking on the finite verb without there being a parallel change which affects the non-finite system. 1. May 2020
This generalization excludes a morphosyntactic change leading to the loss of person/number marking on the finite verb without there being a parallel change which affects the non-finite system.