Universal 1048: SOV ⇒ ¬preclitics;
VSO ⇒ ¬postclitic question markers

Universal 1048: SOV ⇒ ¬preclitics;
VSO ⇒ ¬postclitic question markers

Original

If word order is SOV, then there are no preclitics.
If word order is VSO, then there are no postclitic question markers.

Standardized

IF word order is SOV, THEN there are no preclitics.
IF word order is VSO, THEN there are no postclitic question markers.

Keywords

order, interrogative sentence, question marker, clitic

Domain

syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute

Basis

sample of almost 200 languages in Greenberg & Kaschube 1976

Source

Greenberg & Kaschube 1976: 13

Counterexamples