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1. May 2020
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Universal 1318:

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Universal 1318:

Original
Only the verbal domain can be the target of long scrambling.
Standardized
IF there is long scrambling, THEN its landing site will be the verbal domain.
Keywords
order, scrambling
Domain
syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 23 languages in Corver & Riemsdijk 1997
Source
Corver & Riemsdijk 1997: 68
Counterexamples
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    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.

    1. May 2020

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