Universal #986

Legacy number: 986

 Number  982
 Original  If a language has a locative comparative, then it is either SOV or VSO.
 Standardized  IF there is locative comparative, THEN basic order is either SOV or SVO.
 Formula  locative comparative ⇒ ¬ SVO; or
locative comparative ⇒ SOV v VSO
 Keywords  comparative, order, SOV, SVO
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  sample of 110 languages
 Source  Stassen 1984: 157

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Discussion
Notes
1. The locative comparative is an instance of fixed-case adverbial comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably encoded as a constituent part of an adverbial phrase which is marked by an element with the basic meaning ‘on’ or ‘at’.2. This statement is derived by transitivity from #990 and #997.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. The LOCATIVE COMPARATIVE is an instance of fixed-case adverbial comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably encoded as a constituent part of an adverbial phrase which is marked by an element with the basic meaning 'on' or 'at'.

2. This statement is derived by transitivity from <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=990"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0"> and <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=997"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.