Universal #534
Legacy number: 534
| Number | 532 |
| Original | It seems probable that in all languages expressions of time and place may appear in the initial positions in the sentence. |
| Standardized | It seems probable that in all languages expressions of time and place may appear in the initial positions in the sentence. |
| Keywords | order |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute? |
| Basis | sample of 30 languages in Greenberg 1963 |
| Source | Greenberg 1963: 104, inferred by Uspensky 1965: 222 |
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