Universal #1169

Legacy number: 1169

 Number  1165
 Original  Whenever order correlates with definiteness, the definite element tends to be placed at the beginning of the sentence.
 Standardized  Whenever order correlates with definiteness, the definite element tends to be placed at the beginning of the sentence.
 Keywords  order, definiteness
 Domain  syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  106 languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1969
 Source  Moravcsik 1969: 66

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Discussion
Notes
But there are Comment-before-Topic lgs. [Give references]
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
But there are Comment-before-Topic lgs. [Give references]