Universal #447
Legacy number: 447
| Number | 446 |
| Original | If a language has Verb-final (rigid, or non-rigid) or free word order as (one of) its basic word order(s), then it has postpositions or case affixes. |
| Standardized | IF there is verb-final (rigid, or non-rigid) or free word order as (one of) the basic order(s), THEN there will be postpositions or case affixes. |
| Formula | verb-final v. free order ⇒ postposition v case affixes |
| Keywords | order, verb-final, postposition, case, affix |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | sample of Rijkhoff 1992: ch.9 |
| Source | Rijkhoff 1992: 249 |
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