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Universal 358:

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Universal 358:

Original
If in a language an incorporated nominal direct object precedes the verb stem, then the autonomous subject precedes the predicate.
Standardized
IF an incorporated nominal direct object precedes the verb stem, THEN the autonomous subject precedes the predicate.
Keywords
order, incorporation, verb, subject, direct object
Domain
morphology, syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
Source
Kozinsky 1981
Counterexamples

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    1. May 2020

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