Universal #1350
Legacy number: 1350
| Number | 1346 |
| Original | Adverbs of manner overwhelmingly precede verbs in languages where adpositional phrases (PP = prepositional or postpositional phrase) precede verbs, and vice versa. In languages where adpositional phrases (PP = prepositional or postpositional phrase) precede verbs almost as overwhelmingly adverbs of manner follow verbs, and vice versa. |
| Standardized | IF adpositional phrases precede verbs, THEN overwhelmingly adverbs of manner precede verbs, and vice versa. IF adpositional phrases follow verbs, THEN – almost as overwhelmingly – also adverbs of manner follow verbs, and vice versa. |
| Formula | PP-V ⇔ Adv V; V-PP ⇔ V Adv |
| Keywords | order, manner adverb, adpositional phrase, verb, object |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | mutual implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 543 languages in Dryer 1992 |
| Source | Dryer 1992: 122-123 |
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