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Universal 1979:

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Universal 1979:

Original
rigid type III (verb-final) …
Compound verbs. In addition to simple verbs there are compound verbs including such types as (a) noun-like or interjection-like preverbs plus colorless auxiliary verbs such as ‘do, give, say,’ and (b) conjunctive as preverb plus colorless auxiliary. These syntactic combinations may be productive constructions of consistent semantic value, highly restricted idiomatic compounds, or simple lexical co-occurrences.
Standardized
IF basic order is OV, THEN there are compound verbs involving preverbs plus auxiliary.
Keywords
order, OV, compound verb, auxiliary, preverb
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
impressionistic, based on Greenberg 1963 sample
Source
Ferguson 1972: 107
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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