Universal #361

Legacy number: 361

 Number  360
 Original  Words tend to be longer than one syllable in transpositive [free word order] languages and to be monosyllabic in analogous [SVO] languages.
 Standardized  IF word order is free, THEN the words tend to be longer than one syllable.
IF basic word order is SVO, THEN the words tend to be monosyllabic.
 Formula  free word order ⇒ words are longer than one syllable;
SVO ⇒ words tend to be monosyllabic
 Keywords  word length, syllable, order, SVO
 Domain  phonology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  Anonymous 1771, as interpreted in Plank 1996, Plank 1998

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