Re: Greenberg's universals
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 22:06 |
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, J Matthew Pearson wrote:
> The only generalization I would hazard is that verb-final languages
> tend not to have articles--and even that is just a guess on my
> part, based on casual observation.
One data point in favour of that: Valdyan is SOV and doesn't have any
articles.
Irina
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