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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