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Universal 1401:

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Universal 1401:

Original
If a language has either of the orderings (S ADV V X) or (S V X ADV), then it will have both of them one being normative for a large majority of adverbial sub-types, the other being normative for the remainder of adverbial subtypes.
Standardized
If a language has either of the orderings (S ADV V X) or (S V X ADV), then it will have both of them one being normative for a large majority of adverbial sub-types, the other being normative for the remainder of adverbial subtypes.
Keywords
order, adverbial
Domain
syntax
Type
no genuine implication; rather: provided that
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
23 languages in Sanders 1972 [1978]
Source
Sanders 1972: 118, Sanders 1978: 74
Counterexamples
Egyptian (Afro-Asiatic): S V O Adv (besides V S O Adv) but never S Adv V X) (F. Kammerzell, p.c.)

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    1. May 2020

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