Universal #684

Legacy number: 684

 Number  681
 Original  The main principles for the position of negatives:
(a) they tend not to be separated from the verb by the subject or the object,
(b) they tend not to interrupt the verb+object unit (Negative-Plus-VO Principle), and
(c) they tend to precede the verb (Negative-Before-Verb-Principle).
 Standardized  The main principles for the position of negatives:
(a) they tend not to be separated from the verb by the subject or the object,
(b) they tend not to interrupt the verb+object unit (Negative-Plus-VO Principle), and
(c) they tend to precede the verb (Negative-Before-Verb-Principle).
 Keywords  negation, order
 Domain  syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 345 languages in Dryer 1988b
 Source  Dryer 1988b

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Discussion
Notes
Negative-Plus-VO Principle: principle whereby the negative neither interrupts nor is separated from the VO combination.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Negative-Plus-VO Principle: principle whereby the negative neither interrupts nor is separated from the VO combination.