Universal #1351

Legacy number: 1351

 Number  1347
 Original  If in a language the object precedes the predicate, and the adjective and genitive precede the noun, then the language is mainly left-recursive.
 Standardized  IF the object precedes the predicate, and the adjective and genitive precede the noun, THEN the language is mainly left-recursive.
 Formula  (ObjPred & AdjN & GenN) ⇒ left-recursive
 Keywords  order, object, predicate, adjective, attributive, noun, left-recursive
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  English (Indo-European), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Tatar (Turkic)
 Source  Gilmullin 1997

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