Author: FP

Universal 1272: Original Categories which are used like the English pluperfect will tend to be nondistinct from remote past. Standardized IF categories are used like…

Universal 1273: Original If narrative and non-narrative contexts differ with respect to the marking of temporal distance, it will be the non-narrative contexts that exhibit…

Universal 1274: Original The same nuclear tagmeme which occurs initially in the unitransitive dominant order will occur initially in the bitransitive order. Standardized IF an…

Universal 1275: Original If the dominant unitransitive order is SVO, the dominant bitransitive order will be either SVDO or SVOD. Standardized IF the dominant unitransitive…

Universal 1276: Original If a language of the unitransitive SVO type has different relative orders depending upon whether the direct object is marked or unmarked,…

Universal 1277: Original If the direct object is marked in the unitransitive clause, the indirect object will be marked in the bitransitive clause. Standardized IF…

Universal 1278: Original If the direct object is marked in the bitransitive clause, it is also marked in the unitransitive clause. Standardized IF the direct…

Universal 1279: Original If the indirect object is marked in the prototype bitransitive clause, it is also marked in a non-prototype bitransitive clause. Standardized IF…

Universal 1280: Original If the direct object is marked when its referent is inanimate, it is also marked when its referent is animate; if the…

Universal 1281: Original If the direct object is marked when its referent is indefinite, it is also marked when its referent is definite or unique.…