Universal #920

Legacy number: 920

 Number  917
 Original  Consistent OV languages are consistently left-branching (placing phrasal constituents before nonphrasal ones) while consistent VO languages are consistently right-branching.
 Standardized  IF OV is a basic order, THEN there will be left-branching.
IF VO is a basic order, THEN there will be right-branching.
 Keywords  order, VO, OV, left-branching, right-branching
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  316-language sample in Dryer 1988a and 345-language sample in Dryer 1988b
 Source  Dryer 1988a: 191, Dryer 1988b: 98

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Discussion
Notes
1. Cf. #107. 2. See comments to #1596.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=107"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">
2. See comments to <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=1596"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">