Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
linguistic universal
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| gptkbp:citation |
linguistics textbooks
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| gptkbp:exampleUniversal |
Languages with SOV order tend to have postpositions.
If a language has postpositions, the genitive almost always precedes the noun. If a language has prepositions, the genitive almost always follows the noun. If a language has dominant VSO order, it always has prepositions. |
| gptkbp:field |
linguistics
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| gptkbp:focus |
syntactic universals
word order typology |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Greenberg's universals
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| gptkbp:influenced |
language universals research
typological linguistics |
| gptkbp:numberOfUniversals |
45
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| gptkbp:proposedBy |
gptkb:Joseph_Greenberg
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| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Universals_of_Language
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:language_typology
word order universals |
| gptkbp:significance |
foundation of modern linguistic typology
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| gptkbp:type |
implicational universal
non-implicational universal |
| gptkbp:yearProposed |
1963
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:language_typology
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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