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Universal 1927:

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Universal 1927:

Original
If nothing else in the language agrees with nouns in terms of class, numeral expressions will.
Standardized
IF anything other than numerals agrees with nouns in class, THEN numerals will also agree with nouns in class.
Keywords
agreement, noun class, numeral
Domain
syntax, inflection
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
languages surveyed in T.Payne 1997
Source
T.Payne 1997: 108
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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