Universal #994
Legacy number: 994
| Number | 990 |
| Original | Languages with absolute anterior consecutive deranking typically prefer SOV word order. |
| Standardized | IF there is absolute anterior consecutive deranking, THEN basic order is SOV. |
| Formula | absolute anterior consecutive deranking → SOV |
| Keywords | deranking, order, SOV |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | sample of 110 languages |
| Source | Stassen 1984: 173, Stassen 1985: 93 |
Discussion
Notes
1. Languages in which the deranking procedure does not obtain a structural condition on subject-identity and where a deranked predicate can have its own overt subject are called ABSOLUTE deranking languages. 2. The deranked consecutive chains can be divided into two typologically significant classes, on the basis of whether it is the anterior predicate or the posterior predicate which is affected by the deranking procedure. The first class is referred to as ANTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING, the second one as In POSTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING.3. Cf. ##988, 984.4. For a more general prediction see #997.
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2. The deranked consecutive chains can be divided into two typologically significant classes, on the basis of whether it is the anterior predicate or the posterior predicate which is affected by the deranking procedure. The first class is referred to as ANTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING, the second one as In POSTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING.
3. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=988"<img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=984"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
4. For a more general prediction see <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=997"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.