1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1539: verb-initial ⇒ [S and S];verb-initial ⇒ ¬ [S, S and] Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1539: verb-initial ⇒ [S and S];verb-initial ⇒ ¬ [S, S and] Original In verb-initial languages, coordinate sentences are commonly expressed as [S and S]. [S, S and] is not attested. Standardized IF word order is verb-initial, THEN coordinate sentences are commonly expressed as [S and S], and not as [S, S and]. Keywords order, verb-initial, coordination, Domain syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality statistical Basis unknown Source unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP Perhaps the existence of overt coordinate conjunctions at the S level, especially ‘OR’, is less well attested than in verb medial languages (D. Payne 1990: 12). 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP Perhaps the existence of overt coordinate conjunctions at the S level, especially ‘OR’, is less well attested than in verb medial languages (D. Payne 1990: 12). 1. May 2020
Perhaps the existence of overt coordinate conjunctions at the S level, especially ‘OR’, is less well attested than in verb medial languages (D. Payne 1990: 12).