1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1267: SVO ⇒ ¬ ergative; ergative ⇒ ¬ SVO Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1267: SVO ⇒ ¬ ergative; ergative ⇒ ¬ SVO Original Ergative systems are found only in SOV and VSO languages. SVO languages are never ergative. Standardized IF basic order is SVO, THEN alignment is not ergative; IF alignment is ergative, THEN basic order is not SVO. Keywords order, ergative language Domain inflection, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis languages mentioned in Schwartz 1972 and Trask 1979 Source Schwartz 1972: 32, Trask 1979: 385 Counterexamples Georgian (South Caucasian) is SVO and ergative. [Is it?] Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. Cf. Trask’s (1979: 385) formulation: Ergative languages nearly always have the basic word order SOV, occasionally VSO, but virtually never SVO.2. See also #1376. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP 1. Cf. Trask’s (1979: 385) formulation: Ergative languages nearly always have the basic word order SOV, occasionally VSO, but virtually never SVO.2. See also #1376. 1. May 2020
1. Cf. Trask’s (1979: 385) formulation: Ergative languages nearly always have the basic word order SOV, occasionally VSO, but virtually never SVO.2. See also #1376.