Universal #440
Legacy number: 440
| Number | 439 |
| Original | Non-accusative alignment may be associated with verb-initial order. |
| Standardized | IF alignment is non-accusative, THEN there will be verb-initial order. |
| Formula | non-accusative alignment ⇒ verb-initial |
| Keywords | alignment, non-accusative, order, verb-initial |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of Nichols 1992 |
| Source | Nichols 1992: 113 |
Discussion
Notes
Nichols 1990: 113 notes that this is only a hypothesis, and rests on a correlation that may be accidental.
Comment
Nichols 1990: 113 notes that this is only a hypothesis, and rests on a correlation that may be accidental.
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