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Universal 1685:

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Universal 1685:

Original: If an SOV language deranks its consecutive chains, it will derank anterior predicates.
Standardized: IF basic order is SOV and there is deranking of consecutive chains, THEN there will be deranking of anterior predicates.
Keywords: deranking, order, SOV
Domain: syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: sample of 110 languages
Source: Stassen 1985: 90

Counterexamples: Kanuri (Nilo-Saharan) is a deranking SOV language which nonetheless prefers posterior deranking in C-chains. (Stassen 1985: 90)

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1. The deranked consecutive chains can be divided into two typologically significant classes, on the basis of whether it is the anterior predicate or the posterior predicate which is affected by the deranking procedure. The first class is referred to as ANTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING, the second one as POSTERIOR (CONSECUTIVE) DERANKING.2. Cf. #1691.

1. May 2020

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