Universal #1028

Legacy number: 1028

 Number  1024
 Original  If a language has a parts-of speech system of types 1-2/3 and has Predicate-initial basic word order, then it has HeadModifier basic word order within the predicate phrase.
 Standardized  IF there is a parts-of speech system of types 1-2/3 and Predicate-initial basic word order, THEN there is Head Modifier basic word order within the predicate phrase.
 Keywords  word class, order, head, modifier
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  no data
 Source  Hengeveld, Rijkhoff, & Siewierska 1997

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For full reference about types of parts-of-speech systems see # 248.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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">.