Universal #492

Legacy number: 492

 Number  490
 Original  All languages with dominant VSO order have SVO as an alternative or as the only alternative order.
 Standardized  IF dominant order is VSO, THEN SVO will be an alternative or the only alternative order.
 Keywords  order, SOV, VSO, VOS
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample
 Source  Greenberg 1963: 79, #6

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. a more restrictive claim by Dezsö concerning languages with dominant VSO order (#1339): If VSO is a dominant order, then SVO or VOS are alternative orders.2. Cf. a similar claim by Keenan (#1517): SVO is a grammatical (although marked) word order in all VOS languages.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Cf. a more restrictive claim by Dezö concerning languages with dominant VSO order (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1339"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">): If VSO is a dominant order, then SVO or VOS are alternative orders.

2. Cf. a similar claim by Keenan (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1517"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">): SVO is a grammatical (although marked) word order in all VOS languages.