Universal #1503
Legacy number: 1503
| Number | 1499 |
| Original | Languages with serial verb constructions tend to have VO ordering with verb serialization and one object per verb (but some permit two objects); they tend to be isolating, with little inflectional morphology. Syllable structure is typically simple, and many have lexical and/or grammatical tone distinctions. |
| Standardized | IF there are serial verb constructions, THEN there will be VO ordering with verb serialization, one object per verb, isolating morphology, simple syllable structure, and lexical/or grammatical tone distinctions. |
| Keywords | serial verb, order, isolating, syllable, tone |
| Domain | prosodic phonology, morphology, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | West African languages, Mandarin Chinese and languages of Southeast Asia and the Pacific mentioned in Lord 1993 |
| Source | Lord 1993: 235 |
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