Universal #1985
Legacy number: 1985
| Number | 1979 |
| Original | rigid type III (verb-final) ... Compound verbs. In addition to simple verbs there are compound verbs including such types as (a) noun-like or interjection-like preverbs plus colorless auxiliary verbs such as 'do, give, say,' and (b) conjunctive as preverb plus colorless auxiliary. These syntactic combinations may be productive constructions of consistent semantic value, highly restricted idiomatic compounds, or simple lexical co-occurrences. |
| Standardized | IF basic order is OV, THEN there are compound verbs involving preverbs plus auxiliary. |
| Keywords | order, OV, compound verb, auxiliary, preverb |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | impressionistic, based on Greenberg 1963 sample |
| Source | Ferguson 1972: 107 |
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