Universal #366

Legacy number: 366

 Number  365
 Original  If the verb agrees with the subject and object and there is at least one o-V form, then the dominant order is SV.
 Standardized  Whenever there is verb agreement with subject and object, IF object agreement markers can be preverbal, THEN basic word order is SV.
 Keywords  verb agreement, order, subject, object, affix-order
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Masai, Teuso (both E. Sudanic, Nilo-Saharan), Wolio (Austronesian), Nahuatl (Uto-Aztecan), Aguacatec (Mayan), Chinook (Chinookan), Fox (Algonquian), Coeur d’Alene (Salish) (Kozinsky 1981)
Notes
Deo gratias.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Deo gratias.