Universal 1554: verb-initial ⇒ V-Manner Adverb

Universal 1554: verb-initial ⇒ V-Manner Adverb

Original

In verb-initial languages, manner adverbs follow the verb if they are a distinct category.

Standardized

IF word order is verb-initial, THEN manner adverbs, if they are a distinct category, follow the verb.

Keywords

order, verb-initial, manner adverb

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

unknown

Source

unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 14

Counterexamples