Universal #1542
Legacy number: 1542
| Number | 1538 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, sentences which are subordinate to verbs, adjectives, or nouns invariably follow the element to which they are subordinate. |
| Standardized | IF word order is verb-initial, THEN sentences which are subordinate to verbs, adjectives, or nouns invariably follow the element to which they are subordinate. |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, subordinate clause |
| 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| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990 |
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