Universal #180

Legacy number: 180

 Number  180
 Original  Case-marking for subject vs. object correlates positively with SOV and negatively with SVO.
 Standardized  IF there is case marking for subject vs. object, THEN basic order is SOV.
 Formula  case-marking (Subj &DO) ⇒ SOV
 Keywords  order, SOV, case, subject, direct object
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of Stassen 1992
 Source  Stassen 1992 (via Hurford & Kirby)

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Cf. #8.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=8"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">