Universal 246: free order ⇒ longer words
- Original
- Words tend to be longer if constituent order is free than if it is rigid.
- Standardized
- IF constituent order is free, THEN words tend to be longer.
- Keywords
- word length, order
- Domain
- morphology, syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- Source
- Anonymous 1771
- Counterexamples
