Universal #343

Legacy number: 343

 Number  342
 Original  If the dominant position of the object with respect to the verb depends on morphological characteristics of the object, the dominant order is SV.
 Standardized  IF the dominant position of the object with respect to the verb depends on morphological properties of the object, THEN the dominant order is SV.
 Keywords  verb, subject, object, order
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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