Abstract
Technische Universitiit Berlin A hierarchy is here proposed involving three groups of grammatical categories. For most three-part combinations of these categories-occurring in a specific, very common structural configuration-a rule based on this hierarchy generates two linear orders. It is shown that, on the basis of various cross-linguistic studies, one of the orders so generated is the one found in most languages. The principle proposed is shown to compare favorably with other principles which purport to account for cross-linguistic generalizations about word order.*
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