1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1636: preposition incorporation ⇒ verb-final Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1636: preposition incorporation ⇒ verb-final Original Relational preverbs are primarily (though not exclusively) favoured in verb-final languages. Standardized IF there are relational preverbs owing to preposition incorporation, THEN basic order tends to be verb-final. Keywords order, verb-final, preverb, preposition incorporation Domain morphology, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality statistical Basis Nadëb (Makú), Rama (Chibchan), Winnebago (Siouan) Source Craig & Hale 1988: 319, cited in Baker 1996: 505 Counterexamples The so-called ‘applicative’ or ‘applied’ suffixes of the Bantu languages have been identified (by Baker 1986, among others) as incorporated adpositions (prepositions, in the case of Bantu). Bantu languages, however, are verb-medial. Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
