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==Translations==

universale implicazionale | universaux implicationnels | Implikationen

==Article==
Concept introduced by Greenberg (1963), who observed that the presence of some typological features within a language will generally predict, with a fair level of accuracy, the presence of other features.
Contrary to [[absolute universal | absolute universals]], the implications between typological structures are not infallible: several cases exist in which an expected match is not present in one language. Therefore, the label "universal", which survives as it has become traditional, is in fact a misnomer.

==Example==
An implicational universal is the tendency for [[syntactic typology | verb-final languages (OV languages)]] to also exhibit postposition instead of preposition. This is confirmed in the Anatolian branch of Indo-European by Luwian, Palaic and Hittite, which all feature clause-final verbs as well as postpositional phrases. However, a very trivial example of a violation of this implication is provided by one of the best known ancient Indo-European languages, Latin, which features clause-final verbs but uses prepositional phrases, thereby exhibiting a mixed head-final and head-initial order in its phrasal architecture.

==References==
Greenberg, J.H. 1963. Universals of Language, Cambridge, MA.

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 ==Example==
-<p>An implicational universal is the tendency for [[typological classification | verb-final languages (OV languages)]] to also exhibit postposition instead of preposition. This is confirmed in the Anatolian branch of Indo-European by Luwian, Palaic and Hittite, which all feature clause-final verbs as well as postpositional phrases. However, a very trivial example of a violation of this implication is provided by one of the best known ancient Indo-European languages, Latin, which features clause-final verbs but uses prepositional phrases, thereby exhibiting a mixed head-final and head-initial order in its phrasal architecture.</p>
+<p>An implicational universal is the tendency for [[typological classification | verb-final languages (OV languages)]] to also exhibit postposition instead of preposition. This is confirmed in the Anatolian branch of [[language family | Indo-European]] by Luwian, Palaic and Hittite, which all feature clause-final verbs as well as postpositional phrases. However, a very trivial example of a violation of this implication is provided by one of the best known ancient Indo-European languages, Latin, which features clause-final verbs but uses prepositional phrases, thereby exhibiting a mixed head-final and head-initial order in its phrasal architecture.</p>
 ==References==
 Greenberg, J.H. 1963. Universals of Language, Cambridge, MA.

Implicational universal - Revision history

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Admin: Created page with "==Translations== universale implicazionale | universaux implicationnels | Implikationen ==Article== Concept introduced by Greenberg (1963), who observed that the presence..."

Admin: Created page with "==Translations== universale implicazionale | universaux implicationnels | Implikationen ==Article==
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