Universal #668

Legacy number: 668

 Number  665
 Original  Yes-no question inversion implies a resultant VSO order.

In periphrastic constructions the finite auxiliary always occupies the V slot of the inverted constituent order and precedes the main or non-finite verb.
 Standardized  IF there is inversion of subject and verb in yes-no questions, THEN the resulting order is VSO (and the basic order will therefore be SVO).
 Keywords  order, interrogative sentence, yes-no question, subject-verb inversion, periphrastic construction, auxiliary, finite verb
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  79 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978c
 Source  Ultan 1978c: 231

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First part follows from #667.
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
First part follows from <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=667"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.