Payne 1997: 72
| Greenberg's universal | Parameter | Correlation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | main clauses | VO OV |
| 3,4 | adpositions | prep postp |
| 2 | genitive and head noun | NG GN |
| 17 | head noun and modifier | NM MN |
| 24 | relative clauses and head noun | N-RC RC-N |
| 22 | comparatives | Adj-Mkr-Std Std-Mkr-Adj |
| 16 | inflected aux | Aux-V V-Aux |
| 9 | question particles | S-initial S-final |
| 12 | question words | S-initial S-initial or elsewhere |
| 27 | affixes | prefixes suffixes |
