Universal #1418

Legacy number: 1418

 Number  1414
 Original  No language has constructions whose function is to place new topics at the end of the sentence.
 Standardized  New topics are never placed at the end of the sentence.
 Keywords  topic, comment, order, focus
 Domain  syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  a sample of 30 languages, see Gundel 1988: 210
 Source  Gundel 1988: 231

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Notes
Cf. ##382, 1416, 1417.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=382"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1416"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1417"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.