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Universal 1978:

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Universal 1978:

Original
rigid type III (verb-final) …
Conjunctive verb form. There is a frequently-used, non-final verb form, a “conjunctive”, with the semantic value ‘having done such-and-such’ or ‘do (did) such-and-such and …’ which appears in subordinate clauses.
Standardized
IF basic order is OV, THEN a frequently-used kind of subordinate clause is one with conjunctive verb forms.
Keywords
order, OV, subordination, conjunctive,
Domain
inflection, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
impressionistic, based on Greenberg 1963 sample
Source
Ferguson 1972: 107
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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