Universal #1560
Legacy number: 1560
| Number | 1556 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, sentential objects are never embedded. They normally follow the main sentence but may precede, especially in direct quote contexts. |
| Standardized | IF word order is verb-initial, THEN sentential objects are never embedded; they normally follow the main sentence but may precede, especially in direct quote contexts. |
| Formula | verb-initial ⇒ ¬ embedded sentential objects |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, sentential object, embedded |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unknown |
| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 15 |
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