Author: FP

Universal 1372: SOV v. VOS ⇒ ¬ verb HAVE;verb HAVE ⇒ SVO Original A lexically distinct form of verb HAVE is generally missing in verb…

Universal 1373: Original Filler-Gap Complexity Hypothesis: If Filler-Gap Domain (FGD) of complexity n on a complexity hierarchy H is grammatical, then the FGDs for all…

Universal 1374: gap in complex NP ⇒ gap in finite subordinate clause ⇒ gap in infinitival phrase Original Clause embedding hierarchy: S[…VP’[ … Oi …]…

Universal 1375: matrix filler & gap (subordinate clause of complexity n containing gap) ⇒ matrix filler & gap (subordinate clause of complexity n containing no…

Universal 1376: FG (relative clause) on H(n) ⇒ FG (WH-question) on H(n) Original Relative Clause and WH-Question Filler: In languages that have filler-gap structures for…

Universal 1377: verb (in FGD of semantic specificity n) ⇒ verb (in FGD of semantic specificity n-1) Original Bridging Verb Hierarchy: If a bridging verb…

Universal 1378: Original Head Noun Phrase Hierarchy:If an NP with head noun (phrase) N of semantic specificity n on the path from filler to gap…

Universal 1379: Original Question-word Movement Universal:All languages that move WH-question word to clause-peripheral position move it to the left, not the right. Standardized Question-word Movement…

Universal 1380: Original Question-word Fronting and Basic Word Order:A fronted WH-question word will be preferred across languages in proportion to the distance between WH and…

Universal 1381: Original Gap Subcategorizor Hierarchy:If a gap can be subcategorized by P, it can be subcategorized by V. Standardized Gap Subcategorizor Hierarchy:IF a gap…