Universal #1553
Legacy number: 1553
| Number | 1549 |
| Original | With great regularity possessor NPs follow the head NP in verb-initial languages. |
| Standardized | IF word order is verb-initial, THEN possessor NPs follow the head NP. |
| Formula | verb-initial ⇒ N Gen |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, attributive, noun |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | unknown |
| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 14 |
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