Universal #354

Legacy number: 354

 Number  353
 Original  If in a language the dominant order is OS, then the order VS is also dominant.
 Standardized  IF the dominant order is OS, THEN the order VS is also dominant.
 Keywords  order, subject, object
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Notes
This universal does not imply a disproportional distribution of different possible word orders.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
This universal does not imply a disproportional distribution of different possible word orders.