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Universal 1316: long scrambling ⇒ short scrambling

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Universal 1316: long scrambling ⇒ short scrambling

Original
If a language has long scrambling, it also has short scrambling.
Standardized
IF there is long scrambling, THEN there is short scrambling.
Keywords
order, scrambling
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
sample of 23 languages in Corver & Riemsdijk 1997
Source
Corver & Riemsdijk 1997: 67
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    1. SHORT SCRAMBLING: those types of scrambling in which the scrambled element remains with in the domain of its head.LONG SCRAMBLING: cases in which the scrambled element appears outside the domain of its head.2. The domain of the verb is IP or CP (i.e. the clause with the complementizer if there is one, without it if there is not one). Similarly the domain of the N is the determiner phrase, DP. The domain of the adjectives and preposition is the projection of the lexical adjectival or prepositional head together with all their functional heads.

    1. May 2020

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