1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1547: Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1547: Original In verb-initial languages, the presence of definite articles distinct from demonstratives is much more common than in verb-final languages. Standardized IF word order is verb-initial, THEN there tends to be a definite article as distinct from demonstratives. Keywords order, verb-initial, definite article, demonstrative Domain syntax, lexicon Type implication Status achronic Quality statistical Basis unknown Source unpublished statements of Keenan’s, reproduced in D.Payne 1990: 13 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP Cf. claim #1527 about subject-final languages, which are all of VOS order, according to Keenan’s survey (#1516): With more than chance frequency subject-final languages have definite articles (distinct from the ordinary demonstrative adjectives). 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP Cf. claim #1527 about subject-final languages, which are all of VOS order, according to Keenan’s survey (#1516): With more than chance frequency subject-final languages have definite articles (distinct from the ordinary demonstrative adjectives). 1. May 2020
Cf. claim #1527 about subject-final languages, which are all of VOS order, according to Keenan’s survey (#1516): With more than chance frequency subject-final languages have definite articles (distinct from the ordinary demonstrative adjectives).