Universal #1698

Legacy number: 1698

 Number  1693
 Original  Languages which permit only conditional deranking of consecutive chains have posterior deranking and typically prefer SVO word order.
 Standardized  IF there is only conditional deranking of consecutive chains, THEN there is posterior deranking and basic order is SVO .
 Formula  conditional deranking of consecutive chains ⇒ posterior deranking & SVO
 Keywords  deranking, order, SVO
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 110 languages
 Source  Stassen 1985: 93

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See related ##1690-94.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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