Universal 1159:
- Original
- Indefinite articles are generally short – that is, they never have more than two syllables.
- Standardized
- Indefinite articles are generally short; that is, they never have more than two syllables.
- Keywords
- indefinite article
- Domain
- phonology, syntax
- Type
- unconditional
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- absolute
- Basis
- 106 languages surveyed in Moravcsik 1969
- Source
- Moravcsik 1969: 86
- Counterexamples
