Universal #996

Legacy number: 996

 Number  992
 Original  Languages with conditional deranking typically prefer SVO word order.
 Standardized  IF there is conditional deranking, THEN basic order is SVO.
 Formula  conditional deranking ⇒ SVO
 Keywords  order, SVO, deranking
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  sample of 110 languages
 Source  Stassen 1984: 173, Stassen 1985: 93

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Discussion
Notes
1. Languages which can derank consecutive predicates only in cases where the two predicates in the C-chain have identical subjects are called languages with CONDITIONAL (consecutive) deranking. 2. Cf. ##985, 989.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
1. Languages which can derank consecutive predicates only in cases where the two predicates in the C-chain have identical subjects are called languages with CONDITIONAL (consecutive) deranking.

2. Cf. <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=985"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">, <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=989"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.