Universal #1544

Legacy number: 1544

 Number  1540
 Original  In verb-initial languages, speech act indicators (e.g. question particles, etc.) are normally sentence initial, though other positions are possible.
 Standardized  IF word order is verb-initial, THEN speech act indicators (e.g. question particles, etc.) are normally sentence initial.
 Keywords  order, verb-initial, speech act indicator, question particle
 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 Source  unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990

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