Universal 612: Switch-Reference marking ⇒ verb-final

Universal 612: Switch-Reference marking ⇒ verb-final

Original

If there is Switch-Reference marking, languages will mostly be verb-final.

Standardized

IF there is Switch-Reference marking, THEN word order is verb-final .

Keywords

switch-reference, order, verb-final

Domain

inflection, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages surveyed in Haiman & Munro 1983

Source

Haiman & Munro 1983: xv

Counterexamples

Lenakel (E. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian) (Lynch 1983)