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Universal 980: separative comparative ⇒ SOV

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Universal 980: separative comparative ⇒ SOV

Original
If a language has a separative comparative, then it is SOV.
Standardized
IF there is a separative comparative, THEN basic order is SOV.
Keywords
comparative, order, SOV
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 110 languages
Source
Stassen 1984: 156
Counterexamples
Arabic, Hebrew (both Semitic, Afro-Asiatic), Coeur d’Alene (Salish), Guarani (Tupi), Finnish (Finnic, Uralic) (Stassen 1984)
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    1. The separative comparative is an instance of fixed-case comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably encoded as a constituent part of an adverbial phrase with a separative (‘source’) interpretation.2. This statement is derived by transitivity from #988 and #994.

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