Universal 1693: conditional deranking of consecutive chains ⇒ posterior deranking & SVO

Universal 1693: conditional deranking of consecutive chains ⇒ posterior deranking & SVO

Original

Languages which permit only conditional deranking of consecutive chains have posterior deranking and typically prefer SVO word order.

Standardized

IF there is only conditional deranking of consecutive chains, THEN there is posterior deranking and basic order is SVO .

Keywords

deranking, order, SVO

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

sample of 110 languages

Source

Stassen 1985: 93

Counterexamples