Universal 1690: absolute consecutive deranking ⇒ SOV v VOS

Universal 1690: absolute consecutive deranking ⇒ SOV v VOS

Original

Languages with absolute consecutive deranking have either SOV or VSO word order.

Standardized

IF there is absolute consecutive deranking, THEN basic order is either SOV or VSO.

Keywords

deranking, order, SOV, VOS

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of 110 languages

Source

Stassen 1985: 93

Counterexamples