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Universal 350:

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Universal 350:

Original
In a dominant order the object and the verb are juxtaposed, i.e. no subject is placed between them.
Standardized
In a dominant order the object and the verb are juxtaposed, uninterrupted by the subject (i.e., SVO, SOV, VOS, OVS, but not VSO, OSV).
Keywords
order, verb, object, subject
Domain
syntax
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic but presumably diachronically motivated
Quality
absolute?
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    See also #352.

    1. May 2020

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