Author: FP

Universal 232: rigid order & ¬case ⇒ definite article Original If constituent order is rigid and there is no case inflection, then there is a…

Universal 240: Erg ⇒ G N & N Adj Original If a language has ergative case marking, it will with far more than chance frequency…

Universal 239: free word order ⇒ declension for case, number, gender Original If constituent order is free, all potentially declinable kinds of nominal words in…

Universal 238: rigid word order ⇒ Subj Predicate & VO & PrepN & NAdj & NRel & N PP Original If constituent order is rigid,…

Universal 237: category X (adjective) ⇒ category X (noun) Original If adjectives inflect for any category, nouns inflect for this category as well. Standardized IF…

Universal 236: inflectional expansion: cases marking SUBJ, OBJ, ATTR ⇒ local cases;inflectional reduction: local cases ⇒ cases marking SUBJ, OBJ, ATTR Original During inflectional expansion,…

Universal 235: numeral &, V quantifier ⇒ preposition ⇒ adjective ⇒ noun & verb Original In phases of inflectional reduction and expansion of the fund…

Universal 234: inflectional expansion: number inflection ⇒ case inflection ⇒ gender inflectioninflectional reduction: gender inflection ⇒ case inflection ⇒ number inflection Original In times of…

Universal 233: Original Governors either follow or they precede their governees in all of the following constructions alike: (a) subject, object, and verb, (b) nominal…

Universal 222: Original If a language has a distributive-key quantifier word, then that word is a distributive-key universal quantifier. Standardized IF there is a distributive-key…