Universal #891

Legacy number: 891

 Number  888
 Original  OV languages are often mora-counting, and VO languages are syllable-counting.
 Standardized  IF basic order is OV, THEN there is mora-counting.
IF basic order is VO, THEN there is syllable-counting.
 Formula  O V ⇒ moraic-counting;
V O ⇒ syllable counting
 Keywords  order, VO, OV, rhythm, mora-counting, syllable-counting
 Domain  phonology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages in Lehmann 1973, Lehmann 1974, Lehmann 1978 a-d
 Source  culled from W.P.Lehmann 1973, W.P.Lehmann 1974, W.P.Lehmann 1978 a-d by Plank 1996, Plank 1998

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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
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