Author: FP

Universal 139: Original If in a language a property is expressed alternatively by a noun and an adjective and there is an associated difference between…

Universal 140: Original If in a language a property is expressed alternatively by a noun and an adjective and there is also an associated difference…

Universal 141: Adj(shape) ⇒ Adj(color) & Adj(size) Original If a language has adjectives for shape, it has adjectives for colour and size. Standardized IF the…

Universal 142: Du (Adj) ⇒ Du (Dem) Original In noun-phrase-internal agreement, if adjectives inflect for the dual, so do demonstratives. Standardized In NP-internal agreement, IF…

Universal 143: Adj(Def) ⇒ G N Original If the adjective agrees in definiteness, then the genitive will precede the noun. Standardized IF the adjective agrees…

Universal 144: ¬ Adj agreement ⇒ G N Original If a language has no adjective agreement, then the genitive will precede the noun. Standardized IF…

Universal 145: Original SOV correlates positively with non-verbal status of predicative adjectives, whereas SVO and VSO have a tendency to favour verbal predicative adjectives. Standardized…

Universal 146: Original Tendency: in SOV-languages adjectives can be the head of NPs whereas SVO-languages and VSO-languages tend to require a dummy head noun (‘thing’,…

Universal 147: Original If attributive adjectives have the form of relative clauses, there is a positive correlation with SVO. Standardized IF attributive adjectives have the…

Universal 148: Inflection (Adj) ⇒ Inflection (Noun) Original If adjectives are inflected, so are nouns. Standardized IF adjectives are inflected, THEN nouns are inflected. Keywords…