Universal #295

Legacy number: 295

 Number  294
 Original  In all languages: if there is VSO, SVO, SOV, then the verb has prefixes and suffixes.
 Standardized  IF basic order is VSO, SVO, or SOV, THEN the verb has prefixes and suffixes.
 Keywords  order, VSO, SVO, SOV, prefix, suffix
 Domain  morphology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Rozdestvenskij

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Baltic Finnic languages: basic word order is SVO, but there are only suffixes and no prefixes.
Notes
The relevant languages are all SO. It is not so obvious why this should have implications for verbal affixes.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
The relevant languages are all SO. It is not so obvious why this should have implications for verbal affixes.