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Universal 348:

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Universal 348:

Original
If SOV is a dominant order, then OVS is one of the alternative orders.
Standardized
IF SOV is a dominant order, THEN OVS is one of the alternative orders.
Keywords
order, SOV, OVS
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    An Alternative order is any order which occurs in a language.

    1. May 2020

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