Universal #504
Legacy number: 504
| Number | 502 |
| Original | If the pronominal object follows the verb, so does the nominal object. |
| Standardized | IF the pronominal object follows the verb, THEN the nominal object also does. |
| Formula | pronominal object follows the verb ⇒ nominal object follows the verb |
| Keywords | order, verb, object, noun, pronoun |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | 30 languages of Greenberg 1963 sample |
| Source | Greenberg 1963: 91, #25 |
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