Universal #1023
Legacy number: 1023
| Number | 1019 |
| Original | If a language has a parts-of speech system of types 1-3/4, then it does not allow variation in the ordering of Subject and Predicate, unless the potential ambiguity arising from a deviant order is solved by morphological means. |
| Standardized | IF the parts-of speech system is of types 1-3/4, THEN there is no variation in the ordering of Subject and Predicate (unless the potential ambiguity arising from solved by morphological means). |
| Keywords | word class, order |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | no data |
| Source | Hengeveld, Rijkhoff, & Siewierska 1997 |
Discussion
Notes
For full reference about types of parts-of-speech systems see # 248.
Comment
For full reference about types of parts-of-speech systems see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=248"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
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