Universal #360

Legacy number: 360

 Number  359
 Original  If in a language an incorporated direct object follows the verb stem, then the autonomous subject follows the predicate.
 Standardized  IF an incorporated direct object follows the verb stem, THEN the autonomous subject follows the predicate.
 Keywords  incorporation, verb, order, direct object, subject
 Domain  morphology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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