Universal #349

Legacy number: 349

 Number  348
 Original  If SOV is a dominant order, then OVS is one of the alternative orders.
 Standardized  IF SOV is a dominant order, THEN OVS is one of the alternative orders.
 Keywords  order, SOV, OVS
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Notes
An Alternative order is any order which occurs in a language.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
An Alternative order is any order which occurs in a language.