1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 508: verb agreement in gender (subject V object) ⇒ adjective agreement in gender (noun) Posted in Universals Archive Universal 508: verb agreement in gender (subject V object) ⇒ adjective agreement in gender (noun) Original If the verb agrees either with the subject or object noun in gender, then the adjective always agrees with the noun in gender. Standardized IF the verb agrees with either the subject or the object in gender, THEN the adjective always agrees with the noun in gender. Keywords agreement, gender, verb, adjective Domain inflection, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis 30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample Source Greenberg 1963: 93, #31 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. Supported by Corbett 1991: 111, on the basis of ca. 200 languages.2. In the 50-lgs sample of Bybee (1985), 16% of the lgs have verbs agreeing in gender. No information given on adjectives agreeing with nouns in gender. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP 1. Supported by Corbett 1991: 111, on the basis of ca. 200 languages.2. In the 50-lgs sample of Bybee (1985), 16% of the lgs have verbs agreeing in gender. No information given on adjectives agreeing with nouns in gender. 1. May 2020
1. Supported by Corbett 1991: 111, on the basis of ca. 200 languages.2. In the 50-lgs sample of Bybee (1985), 16% of the lgs have verbs agreeing in gender. No information given on adjectives agreeing with nouns in gender.