Universal 982: locative comparative ⇒ ¬ SVO; or
locative comparative ⇒ SOV v VSO
- Original
- If a language has a locative comparative, then it is either SOV or VSO.
- Standardized
- IF there is locative comparative, THEN basic order is either SOV or SVO.
- Keywords
- comparative, order, SOV, SVO
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- sample of 110 languages
- Source
- Stassen 1984: 157
- Counterexamples
1. The locative comparative is an instance of fixed-case adverbial comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably encoded as a constituent part of an adverbial phrase which is marked by an element with the basic meaning ‘on’ or ‘at’.2. This statement is derived by transitivity from #990 and #997.