Universal #985

Legacy number: 985

 Number  981
 Original  If a language has an allative comparative, then it is VSO.
 Standardized  IF there is an allative comparative, THEN basic order is VSO.
 Formula  allative comparative ⇒ VSO
 Keywords  comparative, order, VSO
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 110 languages
 Source  Stassen 1984: 156

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Kanuri (Nilo-Saharan): allative comparative & SOV (Stassen 1984)
Notes
1. The allative comparative is an instance of fixed-case adverbial comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably marked as a constituent part of a goal phrase.2. This statement is derived by transitivity from #989 and #995.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. The ALLATIVE COMPARATIVE is an instance of fixed-case adverbial comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably marked as a constituent part of a goal phrase.

2. This statement is derived by transitivity from <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=989"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> and <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=995"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.