Universal #1559
Legacy number: 1559
| Number | 1555 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, sentential objects always follow the subject and are very commonly finite as opposed to the more usual non-finite/nominalized treatment they receive in verb-final languages. |
| Standardized | IF basic order is verb-initial, THEN sentential objects always follow the subject and are very commonly finite. |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, sentential object, finiteness, nominalization |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | unknown |
| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 15 |
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