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Universal 1020:

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Universal 1020:

Original
If a language has a parts-of speech system of types 1-3/4 and has Predicate-final word order, then it has ModifierHead basic word order within the term phrase, unless the potential ambiguity arising from a deviant order is solved by morphological means.
Standardized
IF the parts-of speech system is of types 1-3/4 and basic word order is Predicate-final, THEN there is ModifierHead basic word order within the term phrase (unless the potential ambiguity arising from a deviant order is solved by morphological means).
Keywords
word class, order
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
no data
Source
Hengeveld, Rijkhoff, & Siewierska 1997
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    For full reference about types of parts-of-speech systems see # 248.

    1. May 2020

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