Universal #1984
Legacy number: 1984
| Number | 1978 |
| Original | rigid type III (verb-final) ... Conjunctive verb form. There is a frequently-used, non-final verb form, a "conjunctive", with the semantic value 'having done such-and-such' or 'do (did) such-and-such and ...' which appears in subordinate clauses. |
| Standardized | IF basic order is OV, THEN a frequently-used kind of subordinate clause is one with conjunctive verb forms. |
| Keywords | order, OV, subordination, conjunctive, |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | impressionistic, based on Greenberg 1963 sample |
| Source | Ferguson 1972: 107 |
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