Universal #2030

Legacy number: 2030

 Number  2024
 Original  [IF there is Scrambling, then basic order is SOV.] <summarized, FP>
 Standardized  IF there is Scrambling, then basic order is SOV.
 Keywords  order, SOV, scrambling
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  impression
 Source  Haider 2000, among others

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Discussion
Notes
Scrambling = re-arrangement of verbal arguments in the "middle field" depending on their discourse function.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Scrambling = re-arrangement of verbal arguments in the "middle field" depending on their discourse function.