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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