Universal #1322

Legacy number: 1322

 Number  1318
 Original  Only the verbal domain can be the target of long scrambling.
 Standardized  IF there is long scrambling, THEN its landing site will be the verbal domain.
 Keywords  order, scrambling
 Domain  syntax
 Type  no genuine implication; rather: provided that
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 23 languages in Corver & Riemsdijk 1997
 Source  Corver & Riemsdijk 1997: 68

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Discussion
Notes
SHORT SCRAMBLING: those types of scrambling in which the scrambled element remains with in the domain of its head.LONG SCRAMBLING: cases in which the scrambled element appears outside the domain of its head.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
SHORT SCRAMBLING: those types of scrambling in which the scrambled element remains with in the domain of its head.
LONG SCRAMBLING: cases in which the scrambled element appears outside the domain of its head.