Author: FP

Universal 2002: Original The Agreement Hierarchy:attributive < predicate < relative pronoun < personal pronoun(i) Possible agreement pattern are constrained as follows: As we move rightwards…

Universal 2003: Original … it seems that as long as gender agreement is retained in some targets, the personal pronouns will be one of them.…

Universal 2004: Original [When the controller consists of conjoined NPs and they have features which require resolution,] in person resolution the first person takes precedence…

Universal 2005: Original The type of gender resolution system found is constrained by the [gender] assignment system of the language. Languages with strict semantic assignment…

Universal 2006: Original If vowel length is contrastive, pitch is the most important cue, intensity the second-most important cue, and duration the least important cue…

Universal 2007: Original If there is contrastive pitch accent, then there is a vocalic length contrast.If there is a vocalic length contrast, then there cannot…

Universal 2009: Original Suggested hierarchy of base types for diminutivisation and augmentativisation:Noun > Adjective, Verb > Adverb, Numeral, Pronoun, Interjection > Determiner Standardized IF augmentatives/diminutives…

Universal 1994: Original Hier nun war es möglich, scheinbar sich sogar auf einen einzigen Gegenstand zu beschränken, nämlich DIE STELLUNG DES AFFIXLOSEN GENITIVS in bezug…

Universal 2010: Original Overall Dependency Hierarchy between Grammatical Systems: 1. Polarity (I)2. Tense; Aspect; Evidentiality (II)3. { Person; Reference classification (gender etc.) (III)4. { Number…

Universal 2011: Original … if a system does show functional markedness it is generally the case that (i) when the number of choices in the…