Universal 981: allative comparative ⇒ VSO
- Original
- If a language has an allative comparative, then it is VSO.
- Standardized
- IF there is an allative comparative, THEN basic order is VSO.
- Keywords
- comparative, order, VSO
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- sample of 110 languages
- Source
- Stassen 1984: 156
- Counterexamples
- Kanuri (Nilo-Saharan): allative comparative & SOV (Stassen 1984)
1. The allative comparative is an instance of fixed-case adverbial comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably marked as a constituent part of a goal phrase.2. This statement is derived by transitivity from #989 and #995.