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Universal 993: absolute deranking ⇒ SOV v VSO;
absolute deranking ⇒ ¬ SVO

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Universal 993: absolute deranking ⇒ SOV v VSO;
absolute deranking ⇒ ¬ SVO

Original
Languages with absolute consecutive deranking have either SOV or VSO .
Standardized
IF there is absolute deranking, THEN basic order is either SOV or VSO.
Keywords
order, SOV, VSO, SVO, deranking
Domain
syntax
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
sample of 110 languages
Source
Stassen 1984: 173, Stassen 1985: 93
Counterexamples
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    1. Languages in which the deranking procedure does not obtain a structural condition on subject-identity and where a deranked predicate can have its own overt subject are called ABSOLUTE deranking languages. 2. This is a more general form of ##994, 995.3. Cf. ##990, 986.

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