Universal 1344: VO ⇒ adjective-marker-standard; OV ⇒ standard-marker-adjective
Original
In comparative structures (e.g. ‘taller than John’) there’s a correlation between VO order and adjective-marker-standard order and between OV order and standard-marker-adjective order.
Standardized
IF basic order is VO, THEN there is adjective-marker-standard order. IF basic order is OV, THEN there is standard-marker-adjective order.
1. See also Greenberg’s statement in #61. This universal and #61 can be combined by transitivity. The combination will result in two statements: OV => Postpositions (cf. #491), and VO => Prepositions (cf. #55). 2. This universal is a part of Dryer’s Branching Direction Theory (BDT) discussed in Dryer 1992: 108-118.
1. See also Greenberg’s statement in #61. This universal and #61 can be combined by transitivity. The combination will result in two statements: OV => Postpositions (cf. #491), and VO => Prepositions (cf. #55). 2. This universal is a part of Dryer’s Branching Direction Theory (BDT) discussed in Dryer 1992: 108-118.