Universal #627
Legacy number: 627
| Number | 624 |
| Original | If a language has Suffixaufnahme, then it has verb-initial or verb-final constituent order. |
| Standardized | IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN basic order is verb-initial or verb-final. |
| Formula | SA ⇒ verb-initial V verb-final |
| Keywords | order, verb-initial, verb-final, case, agreement, Suffixaufnahme |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Plank (ed.)1995 |
| Source | Plank 1995 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Kashmiri (Indo-Iranian) could be a problem for this correlation. Its word order is far from simple. According to Zaxar’in & Edelman (1971: 125), it is relatively free, but standard order is Subject-Finite Verb-Object (see Payne 1995).
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