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Universal 595:

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Universal 595:

Original
The reversal of syntactic constituent order is never systematically iconic, i. e. signaling the reversal of meaning.
Standardized
The reversal of syntactic constituent order is never systematically iconic, i. e. signaling the reversal of meaning.
Keywords
order, iconicity
Domain
syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
Moravcsik 1980: 27
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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