Universal 1336:
- Original
- Universal Hierarchy of Markedness of basic word orders:
SOV < SVO < OVS < VOS < VSO < OSV - Standardized
- Universal Hierarchy of Markedness of basic word orders:
SOV < SVO < OVS < VOS < VSO < OSV - Keywords
- order, hierarchy, markedness, SOV, SVO, OVS, VOS, VSO, OSV
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- languages mentioned in Moreno 1987
- Source
- Moreno 1987: 186
- Counterexamples
1. According to Moreno, VSO does not do so well because it violates contiguity of functionally related categories, viz. V and O. However, the principle of S-before-O may ultimately rank it above contiguous OVS and VOS. 2. For possible variants, apart from mentioning the examples of Warao (Paezan) (basic: OSV, variant: SOV), Hixkaryana (Ge-Pano-Carib) (basic: OVS, variant: SOV), and Irish (Celtic, Indo-European) (basic: VSO, variant: SVO), Moreno seems to rely on Dezsö (1970: 53), who gives these correspondences (see #1339):Basic: OSV – Variants: SOV;Basic: OVS – Variants: SOV, SVO;Basic: VSO – Variants: SVO, VOS;Basic: VOS – Variants: SOV, SVO;3. See more recent work on word order flexibility, including these collections: Payne (ed.) 1992, Downing & Noonan (eds.) 1995, Siewierska (ed.) 1998.