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Universal 424:

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Universal 424:

Original
There is no language where, given a constituent class some members of which are immediate constituents of the sentence at the point in a grammatical derivation where verb-agreement rules apply and some others members are non-immediate constituents of the sentence at that point, the verb agrees with some or all non-immediate constituents but with no immediate constituents.
Standardized
Provided there is a constituent class some members of which are immediate constituents of the sentence at the point in a grammatical derivation where verb-agreement rules apply and some others members are non-immediate constituents of the sentence at that point:
IF the verb agrees with some or all non-immediate constituents, THEN the verb also agrees with at least some immediate constituents.
Keywords
verb agreement, constituency
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages mentioned in Moravcsik 1978b
Source
Moravcsik 1978b: 365,
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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