Author: FP

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 153: Original If, as a rule, nouns share inflectional properties with adjectives, they also share them with determiners. Standardized IF nouns share inflectional properties…

Universal 154: Original If the same adposition is used as a marker for both object and dative, including such non-prototypic datives as projected recipient, then…

Universal 155: Original Overt marking in the unitransitive clause implies overt dative marking. Any suspension of dative marking implies suspension of object marking; the restriction…

Universal 156: Original Overt object marking in the bitransitive clause other than marking identical to instrumental implies overt dative marking. Standardized IF overt marking of…

Universal 157: Original If an adposition occurs as both object marker and allative marker, it also occurs as dative marker. Standardized IF an adposition occurs…

Universal 158: Original If an adposition occurs as both dative marker and locative marker, it also occurs as allative marker. Standardized IF an adposition occurs…

Universal 173: Prep ⇒ (N Dem ⇒ N G) Original If a language is prepositional, then if the demonstrative follows the noun, the genitive follows…