Universal #595
Legacy number: 595
| Number | 592 |
| Original | In all languages, some instances of adjacency relations among syntactic constituents symbolize semantic relatedness between the corresponding meanings; but in all languages there are some utterances with semantically related but non-adjacent constituents. Cf. Behaghel's First Law. |
| Standardized | There are some instances of adjacency relations among syntactic constituents which symbolize semantic relatedness between the corresponding meanings; but in all languages there are some utterances with semantically related but non-adjacent constituents. Cf. Behaghel's First Law. |
| Keywords | order |
| Domain | syntax, semantics |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Moravcsik 1980: 28 |
Discussion
Notes
Behaghel's First Law:Was zusammengehört, steht neben- (oder jedenfalls nah bei-) einander.(sinngemäß)
Comment
Behaghel's First Law: Was zusammengehört, steht neben- (oder jedenfalls nah bei-) einander. (sinngemäβ)
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