Author: FP

Universal 1362: Original If 1 is expressed as a multiplier with a particular base, it is expressed with all higher bases. Standardized In numeral systems,…

Universal 1363: Original The only numeral expressions deleted are those for 1 and for bases of the system. Standardized In numeral systems, IF any numeral…

Universal 1364: Original In systems with more than one base, there is a base, the base for predictable explanation, above which in all numerals certain…

Universal 1365: Original All numeral series have the same mathematical structure. Standardized All numeral series have the same mathematical structure. Keywords numeral Domain word formation…

Universal 1366: Original There is a universal principle that in numeral classifier languages classifier concatenates with a quantifier, locative, demonstrative, or predicate to form a…

Universal 1367: Original If grammatical number (singular, dual, paucal, plural) is marked at all on classifier constructions, it is usually marked on or by classifier…

Universal 1368: Original No language contrasts a ’round’ classifier with a ‘polyhedral’ classifier, unless the latter is the classifier for buildings, or some similar material…

Universal 1369: Original The smaller the number of classifiers in a language, the more likely they are to be configurational rather than material. Standardized The…

Universal 1370: Original Intra-locative classifier languages have no quanta classifiers at all. Standardized IF there are intra-locative classifiers, THEN there are no quanta classifiers. Keywords…

Universal 1371: Original In classifier languages without inflectional plurals neither counters nor measures ever take plural markers and, unlike typical noun class systems, the classifiers…