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Universal 145:

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Universal 145:

Original
SOV correlates positively with non-verbal status of predicative adjectives, whereas SVO and VSO have a tendency to favour verbal predicative adjectives.
Standardized
IF basic order is SOV, THEN predicative adjectives have non-verbal status, and vice versa.
IF basic order is SVO or VSO, THEN predicative adjectives tend to be verbal, and vice versa.
Keywords
order, SOV, SVO, VSO, predicative adjective, verb
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
mutual implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
?
Source
Stassen 1992
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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