Universal #1594

Legacy number: 1594

 Number  1590
 Original  Verb-medial languages exhibit a slight preposing tendency, but a strong tendency not to affix preposed material.
 Standardized  IF basic order is verb-medial, THEN there is a strong tendency for preposed grammatical morphemes not to be affixed (i.e., to be free).
 Keywords  order, verb-medial, morpheme, affix-order, grammaticalization
 Domain  morphology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic, diachronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  32 V-final languages from a 71-language sample (GRAMCATS database) in Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins 1990
 Source  Bybee, Pagliuca, & Perkins 1990: 30

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Discussion
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For similar and content-related statements see ## 892 (VO => Prefixes), 1593.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
For similar and content-related statements see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=892"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> (VO ⇒ Prefixes), <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1593"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.