Universal 422: verb agreement with members following the verb ⇒ verb agreement with members preceding the verb

Universal 422: verb agreement with members following the verb ⇒ verb agreement with members preceding the verb

Original

There is no language where, given a constituent class including both members that precede the verb and also members that follow the verb, the verb would agree with some or all of those members following it but with none of those preceding.

Standardized

Provided there is a constituent class including both members that precede the verb and also members that follow the verb:
IF the verb agrees with some or all of its postverbal members, THEN the verb also agrees with at least some of its preverbal members.

Keywords

verb agreement, order

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1974, Moravcsik 1978b

Source

Moravcsik 1974: 28, Moravcsik 1978b: 365,

Counterexamples