Author: FP

Universal 1932: indefinite other than negative indefinite is borrowed ⇒ negative indefinite is borrowed Original If there is a word-form loan of other than negative…

Universal 1933: impersonal indefinite is borrowed ⇒ temporal indefinite is borrowed Original If there is a word-form loan of an impersonal indefinite, then it is…

Universal 1934: local indefinite is borrowed ⇒ impersonal indefinite is borrowed Original If there is a word-form loan of a local indefinite, then it is…

Universal 1935: local interrogative is borrowed ⇒ temporal interrogative is borrowed Original If there is a word-form loan of a local interrogative in a language,…

Universal 1936: Original Indefinite word forms which synchronically contain an indefiniteness marker that already exists in the potential recipient language are more likely to be…

Universal 1937: Original If there is a word-form loan of a personal indefinite in a language, then there is a word-form loan of an temporal…

Universal 1938: Original I know of no language which has one verb stem to indicate giving to the 1st or 3rd person and a suppletive…

Universal 1939: Original If a language has denominal derivation, it has nominal derivation (=derivation of something else to nouns). Standardized IF words of whatever word…

Universal 1940: Original The use of all other processes of nominal derivation and inflection (namely internal modification, suprasegmental processes, subtraction, conversion, suppletion), with the exception…

Universal 1941: Original If an infix has an alternative position outside the word, that external position is always at the edge of the word to…