Universal #182
Legacy number: 182
| Number | 182 |
| Original | If adnominal genitival complements are neither marked by case nor by coreference on the head-NP, there is a tendency for SVO. |
| Standardized | IF adnominal genitival complements are neither marked by case nor by coreference on the head-NP, THEN basic order tends to be SVO. |
| Formula | |
| Keywords | attributive, case, genitive, NP, order, head-marking, agreement, SVO |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | ? |
| Source | Stassen 1992 (via Hurford & Kirby) |
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