Author: FP

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…

Universal 149: Original The number of inflectional classes of adjectives is never larger than the number of inflectional classes of nouns. Standardized The number of…

Universal 150: Original If head nouns have adjective-like inflection, so do adnominal nouns. Standardized IF head nouns have adjective-like inflection, THEN so do adnominal nouns.…

Universal 151: Original If adnominal adjectives inflect like nouns, so do headless ones. Standardized IF adnominal adjectives inflect like nouns, THEN so do headless ones.…

Universal 152: noun-like inflection and syntax (lower numerals) ⇒ noun-like inflection and syntax (higher numerals);adjectival inflection and syntax (higher numerals) ⇒ adjectival inflection and syntax…

Universal 165: reflexive (1) ⇒ reflexive (2) ⇒ reflexive (3) Original If a pronominal reflexive is used in the nth person, then it is used…