Universal #1549
Legacy number: 1549
| Number | 1545 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, the demonstrative, numeral, and qualifying adjective follow the common noun in that order or its mirror image (Adj + Num + Dem). |
| Standardized | IF word order is verb-initial, THEN the demonstrative, numeral, and qualifying adjective follow the common noun in that order or its mirror image (Adj + Num + Dem). |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, demonstrative, numeral, adjective, noun |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | unknown |
| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 13 |
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