Universal #233

Legacy number: 233

 Number  233
 Original  Governors either follow or they precede their governees in all of the following constructions alike:
(a) subject, object, and verb,
(b) nominal attribute and head noun,
(c) adjectival attribute and head noun,
(d) adposition and noun phrase,
(e) particle (especially conjunctions and interrogative words) and clause,
(f) subject and verb in interrogative clauses,
(g) indirect object, direct object, and subject,
(h) core and circumstantial actants.
 Standardized  Governors either follow or they precede their governees in all of the following constructions alike:
(a) subject, object, and verb,
(b) nominal attribute and head noun,
(c) adjectival attribute and head noun,
(d) adposition and noun phrase,
(e) particle (especially conjunctions and interrogative words) and clause,
(f) subject and verb in interrogative clauses,
(g) indirect object, direct object, and subject,
(h) core and circumstantial actants.
 Keywords  order, subject, direct object, indirect object, verb, nominal attribute, adjectival, head noun, adposition, NP, particle, conjunction, interrogative word, clause, interrogative clause, core, circumstantial actant
 Domain  syntax
 Type  mutual implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  Turkish, Arabic, Persian, also Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, Polish, Hungarian
 Source  Mesgnien Meninski 1680 (see Plank 2001)

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Cf. #972.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=972"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">