Universal 446: verb-final v. free order ⇒ postposition v case affixes

Universal 446: verb-final v. free order ⇒ postposition v case affixes

Original

If a language has Verb-final (rigid, or non-rigid) or free word order as (one of) its basic word order(s), then it has postpositions or case affixes.

Standardized

IF there is verb-final (rigid, or non-rigid) or free word order as (one of) the basic order(s), THEN there will be postpositions or case affixes.

Keywords

order, verb-final, postposition, case, affix

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of Rijkhoff 1992: ch.9

Source

Rijkhoff 1992: 249

Counterexamples