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Universal 346:

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Universal 346:

Original
If the order OV is not recessive, the order SV is not recessive as well.
Standardized
IF the order OV is not recessive, THEN the order SV is not recessive as well.
Keywords
order, verb, subject, object
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Recessive order is the order which does not occur in a particular language, or its frequency in texts is near zero.

    1. May 2020

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