Author: FP

Universal 1712: Original The Attractiveness of Bodies:A body is the more attractive: (a) the more heavily its syllable is accented relative to the preceding syllable,…

Universal 1713: Original Quality of Contact Embedding:A syllable contact A$B is the better embedded, the more attractive the rhyme of the first syllable would be…

Universal 1714: Original General Syllabication Law:A syllabication is the more preferred: (a) the better the resulting syllable contact is and (b) the better that syllable…

Universal 1715: Original Higher Order Law:All syllabic complexities are less disfavoured in stressed syllables than in unstressed syllables. Standardized Higher Order Law:All syllabic complexities are…

Universal 1716: pronominal possessors co-occur with definite articles ⇒ nominal possessives co-occur with pronominal possessors Original If possessive determiners co-occur with definite articles, then nominal…

Universal 1717: adnominally possessors co-occur with demonstratives ⇒ nominally used possessives possessives co-occur with definite articles Original If possessive determiners co-occur with demonstratives, then nominal…

Universal 1718: indefinite article co-occurs with nouns accompanied by possessors ⇒ definite article co-occurs with nouns accompanied by possessors Original If indefinite articles co-occur with…

Universal 1719: Original If the definite article co-occurs with the noun accompanied by a demonstrative, it also co-occurs with nouns accompanied by at least some…

Universal 1720: Original If the article co-occurs with the noun that is accompanied by a pronominal possessor, it also co-occurs with the noun if the…

Universal 1721: Original If the article co-occurs with the noun that is accompanied by an adjacent possessor, it also co-occurs with the noun if the…