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Universal 1022:

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Universal 1022:

Original
If a language has a parts-of speech system of types 1-3/4, then it does not allow variation in the order of Head and Modifier within the term phrase.
Standardized
IF there is a parts-of speech system of types 1-3/4, THEN there is no variation in the order of Head and Modifier within the term phrase.
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

    1. For full reference about types of parts-of-speech systems see # 248.2. This is a summarized version of ##1024 and 1025.

    1. May 2020

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