1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1543: verb-initial ⇒ preposition Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1543: verb-initial ⇒ preposition Original In verb-initial languages, where case marking exists, it is normally done by prepositions. Standardized IF word order is verb-initial and there is case marking, THEN there are prepositions. Keywords order, verb-initial, case-marking, affix-order, prefix Domain inflection, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality statistical Basis unknown Source unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 13 Counterexamples Baure, Ignaciano, Machiguenga (all Arawak) are verb-initial and postpositional (Keenan 1978: 292);Quileute (Chimakuan) (D. Payne 1990: 13) Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP Cf. Rijkhoff’s statement (#448): If a language has verb-initial word order, then it has prepositions or case prefixes – which is a combined version of ##1546 and 1547. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP Cf. Rijkhoff’s statement (#448): If a language has verb-initial word order, then it has prepositions or case prefixes – which is a combined version of ##1546 and 1547. 1. May 2020
Cf. Rijkhoff’s statement (#448): If a language has verb-initial word order, then it has prepositions or case prefixes – which is a combined version of ##1546 and 1547.