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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