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Universal 592:

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Universal 592:

Original
In all languages, some instances of adjacency relations among syntactic constituents symbolize semantic relatedness between the corresponding meanings; but in all languages there are some utterances with semantically related but non-adjacent constituents. Cf. Behaghel’s First Law.
Standardized
There are some instances of adjacency relations among syntactic constituents which symbolize semantic relatedness between the corresponding meanings; but in all languages there are some utterances with semantically related but non-adjacent constituents. Cf. Behaghel’s First Law.
Keywords
order
Domain
syntax, semantics
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
unspecified
Source
Moravcsik 1980: 28
Counterexamples

One Comment

  1. FP
    FP

    Behaghel’s First Law:Was zusammengehört, steht neben- (oder jedenfalls nah bei-) einander.(sinngemäß)

    1. May 2020

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