Universal #1541
Legacy number: 1541
| Number | 1537 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, subordinate markers such as complementizers, nominalizers, and subordinate conjunctions precede their clauses. |
| Standardized | IF word order is verb-initial, THEN subordinate markers such as complementizers, nominalizers, and subordinate conjunctions precede their clauses. |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, complementizer, nominalizer, subordinate conjunction |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | unknown |
| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990 |
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