Universal 983: exceeded comparative ⇒ SVO
- Original
- If a language has an exceed comparative, then it is SVO.
- Standardized
- IF there is an exceed comparative, THEN basic order is SVO.
- Keywords
- comparative, order, SVO
- Domain
- syntax
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- sample of 110 languages
- Source
- Stassen 1984: 157
- Counterexamples
1. The exceed comparative is an instance of fixed-case comparative constructions in which the standard NP is invariably constructed as the direct object of a special transitive verb, the meaning of which can be glossed as ‘to exceed’, ‘to surpass’ or ‘to excel’.2. This statement is derived by transitivity from #992 and #996.