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Universal 1019:

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Universal 1019:

Original
If a language has a parts-of speech system of types 1-3/4, then it does not allow variation in the ordering of Subject and Predicate, unless the potential ambiguity arising from a deviant order is solved by morphological means.
Standardized
IF the parts-of speech system is of types 1-3/4, THEN there is no variation in the ordering of Subject and Predicate (unless the potential ambiguity arising from solved by morphological means).
Keywords
word class, order
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
no data
Source
Hengeveld, Rijkhoff, & Siewierska 1997
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    For full reference about types of parts-of-speech systems see # 248.

    1. May 2020

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