Universal #493

Legacy number: 493

 Number  491
 Original  If in a language with dominant SOV order there is no alternative basic order, or only OSV as the alternative, then all adverbial modifiers of the verb likewise precede the verb.
 Standardized  IF SOV is the dominant order and there is no alternative basic order or only OSV as the alternative, THEN all adverbial modifiers of the verb likewise precede the verb.
 Keywords  order, SOV, OSV, verb, adverb
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute?
 Basis  30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample
 Source  Greenberg 1963: 80, #7

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Discussion
Notes
1. Sanders 1972 suggested an alternative formulation to this universal (see #1404). 2. Cf. #664, where a general correlation between converbs and verb-final order is claimed. 3. Cf. #1339 for alternative basic orders.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Sanders 1972 suggested an alternative formulation to this universal (see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1404"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">).

2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=664"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, where a general correlation between converbs and verb-final order is claimed.

3. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1339"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> for alternative basic orders.