Universal 393: person-number (adposition) ⇒ person-number (noun) ⇒ person-number (verb)

Universal 393: person-number (adposition) ⇒ person-number (noun) ⇒ person-number (verb)

Original

If a language shows person-number marking on adpositions, it also shows the same on nouns; if it shows person-number marking on nouns, it also shows the same on verbs.

Standardized

IF there is person-number marking on adpositions, THEN there will be the same on nouns as well;
IF there is person-number marking on nouns, THEN there will be the same on verbs as well.

Keywords

adposition, noun, verb, person, number

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

unspecified

Source

De Groot 1989: 69, cited in Moravcsik 1994a: 40

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