In verb-initial languages, sentences which are subordinate to verbs, adjectives, or nouns invariably follow the element to which they are subordinate.
Standardized
IF word order is verb-initial, THEN sentences which are subordinate to verbs, adjectives, or nouns invariably follow the element to which they are subordinate.
Keywords
order, verb-initial, subordinate clause
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
unknown
Source
unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990
