Universal #1540
Legacy number: 1540
| Number | 1536 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, there is a tendency for many types of subordinate clauses to be finite. |
| Standardized | IF word order is verb-initial, THEN subordinate clauses tend to be finite. |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, subordinate clause, finiteness |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | unknown |
| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990 |
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