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Universal 669:
- Original
- Question particles may co-occur with inversion in yes-no questions.
- Standardized
- IF yes-no questions are marked by question particles, THEN they may in addition be marked by verb inversion, and vice versa.
- Keywords
- interrogative sentence, yes-no question, question particle, inversion
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- mutual implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- almost absolute?
- Basis
- 79 languages surveyed in Ultan 1978c
- Source
- Ultan 1978c: 232
- Counterexamples
- French, where the two devices are mutually exclusive in yes-no questions (Ultan 1978c: 232).