Author: FP

Universal 1692: absolute posterior consecutive deranking ⇒ VSO Original Languages with absolute posterior consecutive deranking typically have VSO word order. Standardized IF there is absolute…

Universal 1693: conditional deranking of consecutive chains ⇒ posterior deranking & SVO Original Languages which permit only conditional deranking of consecutive chains have posterior deranking…

Universal 1694: interrogative pronouns > interrogative pro-adverbs > interrogative pro-adjectives > interrogative pro-numerals > interrogative pro-verbs Original There appears to be a differentiation hierarchy in…

Universal 1695: Original Universal Hierarchy of Consonantal Strength:voiceless plosives > voiced stops > voiceless fricatives > voiced fricatives > nasals > lateral liquids (l-sounds) >…

Universal 1696: Original The Shell Law:In general, a shell seems to be the more preferred, the less similar the head and (the mirror image of)…

Universal 1697: Original The Body Law (conjectured):There must be degrees of preference for combinations of nuclei with heads. For instance, ongliding nuclear speech sounds often…

Universal 1698: Original The Rhyme Law (conjectured):There must be degrees of preference for combinations of nuclei with codas. For instance, offgliding nuclear speech sounds often…

Universal 1699: Original The Syllabic Tone Law (conjectured):Non-level tones (chromatic accents) on short vowels — or more generally on syllables of less than two voiced…

Universal 1700: Original The Head Law:A syllable head is the more preferred: (a) the closer the number of speech sounds in the head is to…

Universal 1701: Original The Coda Law:A syllable coda is the more preferred: (a) the smaller the number of speech sounds in the coda, (b) the…