1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 509: verb agreement in gender (subject V object) ⇒ > verb agreement in number (subject V object) Posted in Universals Archive Universal 509: verb agreement in gender (subject V object) ⇒ > verb agreement in number (subject V object) Original Whenever the verb agrees with a nominal subject or nominal object in gender, it also agrees in number. Standardized IF the verb agrees with a nominal subject or nominal object in gender, THEN it also agrees in number. Keywords agreement, subject, object, noun, gender, number Domain inflection, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis 30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample Source Greenberg 1963: 94, #32 Counterexamples Andi (conservative dialects, NE Caucasian) and earlier probably further Caucasian languages (Corbett 1991: 198ff.); numerous South American languages (e.g. Arawak and Jê) and Papuan languages (e.g. the Ndu family) (Aikhenwald 2000: 244) Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
