Universal #601

Legacy number: 601

 Number  598
 Original  VO languages are evenly divided between those with no inflection and those with the full array of inflection.
 Standardized  IF basic order is VO, THEN the chances are equal that there is person-number inflection or that there isn't.
 Formula  VO ⇒ Person & Number inflection v. ¬inflection
 Keywords  order, VO, verb, inflection, person, number
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  50 languages of Bybee 1985b sample; see Bybee 1985b: 215-6
 Source  Bybee 1985b: 46-47

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Discussion
Notes
Check: Why only "person-number" in Standardized? In Original: "the full array".
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Check: Why only "person-number" in Standardized? In Original: "the full array".