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Universal 233:

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Universal 233:

Original
Governors either follow or they precede their governees in all of the following constructions alike:
(a) subject, object, and verb,
(b) nominal attribute and head noun,
(c) adjectival attribute and head noun,
(d) adposition and noun phrase,
(e) particle (especially conjunctions and interrogative words) and clause,
(f) subject and verb in interrogative clauses,
(g) indirect object, direct object, and subject,
(h) core and circumstantial actants.
Standardized
Governors either follow or they precede their governees in all of the following constructions alike:
(a) subject, object, and verb,
(b) nominal attribute and head noun,
(c) adjectival attribute and head noun,
(d) adposition and noun phrase,
(e) particle (especially conjunctions and interrogative words) and clause,
(f) subject and verb in interrogative clauses,
(g) indirect object, direct object, and subject,
(h) core and circumstantial actants.
Keywords
order, subject, direct object, indirect object, verb, nominal attribute, adjectival, head noun, adposition, NP, particle, conjunction, interrogative word, clause, interrogative clause, core, circumstantial actant
Domain
syntax
Type
mutual implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
Turkish, Arabic, Persian, also Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, Polish, Hungarian
Source
Mesgnien Meninski 1680 (see Plank 2001)
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Cf. #972.

    1. May 2020

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