Universal #1031

Legacy number: 1031

 Number  1027
 Original  There are correlations between following parameters:
VO word order, Non-tensedness, Non-casedness, WITH-Construction, Non-Absolute Converb.
 Standardized  IF VO, THEN Non-tensedness, Non-casedness, WITH-Construction, and Non-Absolute Converb.
IF Non-tensedness, THEN VO, Non-casedness, WITH-Construction, and Non-Absolute Converb.
IF Non-casedness, THEN VO, Non-tensedness, WITH-Construction, and Non-Absolute Converb.
IF AND-construction, THEN VO, Non-tensedness, Non-casedness, and Non-Absolute Converb.
IF Non-Absolute Converb, THEN VO, Non-tensedness, Non-casedness, and WITH-Construction.
 Formula  VO ⇔ non-tensedness ⇔ non-casedness ⇔ WITH-construction ⇔ non-absolute converb
 Keywords  order, VO, verb, object, non-tensedness, non-casedness, WITH-construction, converb
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 300 languages
 Source  Stassen 1997

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Discussion
Notes
1. Definitions: A language is tensed, if predicates in main sentences are obligatorily marked for a Past-NonPast distinction by means of bound morphology.A language is cased if it has morphological (dependent) marking to indicate the difference between subjects and direct objects, at least for pronouns.A language is an AND-language if there is structural or lexical difference between Noun Phrase Conjunction and Comitative. If there is no such distinction, the language is a WITH-language. A language is Absolute if, in a sentence which expresses two simultaneous propositions with different subjects, one of the predicates can (or must) take a subordinate form (a so-called ‘converb’). If it is not possible (and the construction therefore consists of two conjoined sentences), the language is Non-Absolute. 2. Cf. #802, 1001.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Definitions: A language is TENSED, if predicates in main sentences are obligatorily marked for a Past-NonPast distinction by means of bound morphology. A language is CASED if it has morphological (dependent) marking to indicate the difference between subjects and direct objects, at least for pronouns. A language is an AND-language if there is structural or lexical difference between Noun Phrase Conjunction and Comitative. If there is no such distinction, the language is a WITH-language. A language is ABSOLUTE if, in a sentence which expresses two simultaneous propositions with different subjects, one of the predicates can (or must) take a subordinate form (a so-called 'converb'). If it is not possible (and the construction therefore consists of two conjoined sentences), the language is NON-ABSOLUTE.

2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=802"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1000"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.