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 |
Discussion
Notes
Check: Why only "person-number" in Standardized? In Original: "the full array".
Comment
Check: Why only "person-number" in Standardized? In Original: "the full array".
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