Universal #615
Legacy number: 615
| Number | 612 |
| Original | If there is Switch-Reference marking, languages will mostly be verb-final. |
| Standardized | IF there is Switch-Reference marking, THEN word order is verb-final . |
| Formula | Switch-Reference marking ⇒ verb-final |
| Keywords | switch-reference, order, verb-final |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Haiman & Munro 1983 |
| Source | Haiman & Munro 1983: xv |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Lenakel (E. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) (Lynch 1983)
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