Universal #500

Legacy number: 500

 Number  498
 Original  If the nominal object always precedes the verb, then verb forms subordinate to the main verb also precede it.
 Standardized  IF the nominal object always precedes the verb, THEN verb forms subordinate to the main verb also precede it.
 Formula  OV ⇒ Subordinate-Main verb
 Keywords  order, object, noun, verb, subordinate
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample
 Source  Greenberg 1963: 84, #13

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Discussion
Notes
Cf. Keenan’s claim for verb-initial languages (#1561): In verb-initial languages, verbal forms subordinate to the to the “main” verb (e.g. complements of verbs like ‘want’, ‘try’, etc.) always follow the main verb.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Cf. Keenan's claim for verb-initial languages (<a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1561"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">):
In verb-initial languages, verbal forms subordinate to the to the "main" verb (e.g. complements of verbs like "want", "try", etc.) always follow the main verb.