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 |
Discussion
Notes
This universal does not imply a disproportional distribution of different possible word orders.
Comment
This universal does not imply a disproportional distribution of different possible word orders.
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