Universal 467: (number marker (noun) = number marker (verb)) ⇒ (number marker (noun) = number marker (3 person verb))

Universal 467: (number marker (noun) = number marker (verb)) ⇒ (number marker (noun) = number marker (3 person verb))

Original

If marking for nominal and verbal Number is phonologically identical, this will be the case for nouns and verbs of the 3rd person.

Standardized

IF the marking for nominal and verbal number is phonologically identical, THEN this will be the case for nouns and verbs of the 3rd person.

Keywords

number, person, 3, noun, verb

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

no genuine implication; rather: provided that

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Tagalog (W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Turkish (S. Turkic, Altaic)

Source

Walter 1981: 112

Counterexamples