Author: FP

Universal 1782: Original If a language has fricative + stop onset clusters, then it has fricative + fricative onset clusters. Standardized IF there are fricative…

Universal 1783: Original The Length Strategy: The longer a sentence is, the more likely it is to be classified as belonging to a more formal…

Universal 1784: Original The Particle Strategy: The more short, particle-like words a sentence contains, the more likely it is to be classified as belonging to…

Universal 1785: Original The shorter a linguistic expression is, the more likely it is will be associated with familiarity and high frequency of occurrence.The longer…

Universal 1786: Original Standardized IF a vowel followed by a back velar nasal result in a nasal vowel, THEN a nasal vowel as the result…

Universal 1787: Original Vowel Length Parameter:Vowel nasalization and N-deletion, as seperate and successive processes, occur preferentially in the context of long vowels before spreading to…

Universal 1788: ^VN ⇒ ‘VN Original N-deletion occurs first in unstressed/atonic syllables before spreading to stressed/tonic syllables. Standardized IF N-deletion occurs first in stressed/tonic syllables,…

Universal 1789: ’VN ⇒ ^VN Original The development of distinctive nasalization is preferred first in stressed/tonic syllables. Standardized IF nasalization occurs in unstressed/atonic syllables, THEN…

Universal 1790: -VN ⇒ +VN ⇒ ’VN (nasalization and N-deletion)’VN ⇒ +VN ⇒ -VN (denasalization) Original Extended Stress Parameter:Nasalization and N-deletion develop successively in a…

Universal 1791: ’σσσ# ⇒ ’σσ# ⇒ ’σ# Original Nasalization will be phonologized first on oxytone vowels before nasals, subsequently on penultimate stressed vowels and then…