Universal #1562
Legacy number: 1562
| Number | 1558 |
| Original | In verb-initial languages, causativized verbs follow the causativizing verb. |
| Standardized | IF word order is verb-initial, THEN causativized verbs follow the causativizing verb. |
| Formula | verb-initial ⇒ Causativized verb-Causativizing verb |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, verb, causative |
| Domain | inflection, 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| Source | unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D. Payne 1990: 15 |
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