Universal #1695

Legacy number: 1695

 Number  1690
 Original  Languages with absolute consecutive deranking have either SOV or VSO word order.
 Standardized  IF there is absolute consecutive deranking, THEN basic order is either SOV or VSO.
 Formula  absolute consecutive deranking ⇒ SOV v VOS
 Keywords  deranking, order, SOV, VOS
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 110 languages
 Source  Stassen 1985: 93

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Notes
Cf. ##1696, 1997.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1696"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1997"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.