Universal #1404

Legacy number: 1404

 Number  1400
 Original  If a language has S (O) V ordering but no SOV orderings, then it will have S (O) ADV V orderings, but no S (O) V ADV orderings.
 Standardized  If a language has S (O) V ordering but no SOV orderings, then it will have S (O) ADV V orderings, but no S (O) V ADV orderings.
 Keywords  order, verb, object, adverbial
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  23 languages in Sanders 1972 [1978]
 Source  Sanders 1972: 117, Sanders 1978: 74

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Discussion
Notes
1. This is essentially only an alternative formulation of Greenberg’s universal 7 (see #493).2. Sanders 1972: 117 (1978: 74), fn. 6 mentions that the non-occurrence of post-verbal objects may also imply the non-occurrence of [S Adv O V] orderings.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. This is essentially only an alternative formulation of Greenberg's universal 7 (see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=493"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">).

2. Sanders 1972: 117 (Sanders 1978: 74), fn. 6 mentions that the non-occurrence of post-verbal objects may also imply the non-occurrence of [S Adv O V] orderings.