Universal 356:

Universal 356:

Original

In the languages where the verb agrees with subject and object, if forms like V-s are the only possible ones, then the dominant order is SV.

Standardized

Whenever there is verb agreement with subject and object, IF the orderings of agreement markers on verbs is always V-s, THEN basic word order is SV.

Keywords

verb agreement, subject, affix-order, order, SV

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981

Source

Kozinsky 1981

Counterexamples

Squamish, Shuswap (both Salish), Quileute (Chimakuan), Coos (Coosan), Siuslaw (isolate), Kwakiutl (Wakashan), Zapotek (Oto-Manguean) (Kozinsky 1981)