Universal #1052

Legacy number: 1052

 Number  1048
 Original  If word order is SOV, then there are no preclitics.
If word order is VSO, then there are no postclitic question markers.
 Standardized  IF word order is SOV, THEN there are no preclitics.
IF word order is VSO, THEN there are no postclitic question markers.
 Formula  SOV ⇒ ¬preclitics;
VSO ⇒ ¬postclitic question markers
 Keywords  order, interrogative sentence, question marker, clitic
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976
 Source  Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 13

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