Author: FP

Universal 106: Original Agreement loss, at least with class and number as agreement features, diffuses lexically, at least as far as adjectival targets are concerned.…

Universal 105: Original Adjectives tend to lose class agreement before number agreement. Standardized IF adjectives are losing number agreement, THEN they do not, or no…

Universal 104: Original When noun-phrase internal agreement (in class) is lost, it tends to disappear first on numerals, then on adjectives, then on demonstratives. Standardized…

Universal 103: Original Agreement should preferably occur in marked rather than unmarked construction types, e. g. with appositive rather than attributive adjectives. Standardized IF there…

Universal 102: Postp ⇒ (Poss N ⇒ G N) Original If a language has Postp word order, then if the possessive adjective precedes the noun,…

Universal 101: N Poss ⇒ N A;equivalently: A N ⇒ Poss N Original If the possessive adjective follows the noun, then the descriptive adjective follows…

Universal 100: (Adj/Dem/Num) ≥ (Rel/Gen) Original Mobility Principle:(Adj/Dem/Num) ≥(Rel/Gen). This principle claims that Adj, Dem, and Num are more mobile than Gen and Rel and…

Universal 99: Rel ≥ Gen ≥ Adj ≥ (Dem/Num) Original Heaviness Serialization Principle:Rel ≥ Gen ≥ Adj ≥ (Dem/Num). Relative heaviness is a composite notion…

Universal 98: Postp ⇒ (Adv Adj ⇒ Stand Mark Adj) Original If a language has Postp word order, then if the adverb precedes the adjective…

Universal 79: Original Only languages in which passivization involves (a) the complete assumption of the coding properties of the subject by the promoted object (and…