Author: FP

Universal 1342: Original If a language has dominant SOV order and the genitive follows the governing noun and the language has a parts-of-speech system of…

Universal 1343: O V ⇒ PP V;V O ⇒ V PP Original Adpositional phrases more often precede the verb in OV languages and more often…

Universal 1344: VO ⇒ adjective-marker-standard;OV ⇒ standard-marker-adjective Original In comparative structures (e.g. ‘taller than John’) there’s a correlation betweenVO order and adjective-marker-standard order and between…

Universal 1345: OV ⇒ Manner adverb – V;VO ⇒ V – Manner adverb Original Manner adverbs overwhelmingly precede the verb in OV languages and generally…

Universal 1346: PP-V ⇔ Adv V;V-PP ⇔ V Adv Original Adverbs of manner overwhelmingly precede verbs in languages where adpositional phrases (PP = prepositional or…

Universal 1347: (ObjPred & AdjN & GenN) ⇒ left-recursive Original If in a language the object precedes the predicate, and the adjective and genitive precede…

Universal 1348: Original A subtrahend is always a simple lexical expression. Standardized In numeral systems, a subtrahend is always a simple lexical expression. Keywords numeral…

Universal 1349: plural weakly developed ⇒ numeral classifiers Original Numeral classifiers occur in the languages where plural is weakly developed. Standardized IF plural is weakly…

Universal 1350: Original Division is always expressed as multiplication by a fraction. Only units or multiples of units are dividends, and the denominator of the…

Universal 1351: Original Every superessive or possessive augend is a serialized augend. Standardized In numeral systems, every superessive or possessive augend is a serialized augend.…