Universal 888: O V ⇒ moraic-counting;
V O ⇒ syllable counting

Universal 888: O V ⇒ moraic-counting;
V O ⇒ syllable counting

Original

OV languages are often mora-counting, and VO languages are syllable-counting.

Standardized

IF basic order is OV, THEN there is mora-counting.
IF basic order is VO, THEN there is syllable-counting.

Keywords

order, VO, OV, rhythm, mora-counting, syllable-counting

Domain

phonology, syntax

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

statistical

Basis

languages in Lehmann 1973, Lehmann 1974, Lehmann 1978 a-d

Source

culled from W.P.Lehmann 1973, W.P.Lehmann 1974, W.P.Lehmann 1978 a-d by Plank 1996, Plank 1998

Counterexamples