Author: FP

Universal 23: Original In all languages, the range of cases that can be marked on the head of a Suffixaufnahme construction may never be narrower…

Universal 24: SA with continuous NPs ⇒ SA with discontinuous NPs Original In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs with continuous NPs, it also occurs with…

Universal 31: Suffixaufnahme with nominals ⇒ other attributive constructions Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has other NP-internal attributive constituents showing agreement in…

Universal 30: Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has NP-internal attributive constituents outside this construction. Standardized IF there is Suffixaufnahme, THEN there will…

Universal 29: Original In all languages, if Suffixaufnahme occurs without pause between the head and the attributive nominal, it also occurs with it. Standardized IF…

Universal 28: Präfixaufnahme ⇒ ¬ligative Original In no language is there Präfixaufnahme involving a ligative. Standardized IF Aufnahme is Präfixaufnahme rather than Suffixaufnahme, THEN there…

Universal 27: SA with ligative ⇒ Internal Ligative External Original In Suffixaufnahme constructions the ligative (if there is one) is always ordered between the internal…

Universal 26: Original In all languages that mark a constituent preposed to the noun for inflectional categories such as number, gender, or case, constituents postposed…

Universal 25: Original In all languages, if an adnominal nominal preceding the head shows Suffixaufnahme, so does an adnominal nominal of the same type following…

Universal 1: Adp NP ⇒ N G Original In languages with prepositions the genitive almost always follows the governing noun. Standardized IF adpositions precede their…