Author: FP

Universal 242: inflectional expansion: Pl ⇒ Duinflectional reduction: Du ⇒ Pl Original During inflectional expansion, if there is a plural, there is also a dual.…

Universal 249: Original Predicate hierarchy 1A:non-presentative ascriptive predications (Xi)loc > A > N > (Xi)poss. This hierarchy says that if a predication type at a…

Universal 248: part of speech Adverb ⇒ part of speech Adjective ⇒ part of speech Noun ⇒ part of speech Verb Original Parts of speech…

Universal 261: ergative language ⇒ ObjectSubject markers Original In ergative languages personal verb affixes are arranged such that the object marker almost always precedes the…

Universal 247: Acc ⇒ Gender Original The presence of the category of gender is connected with the development of the morphological opposition of nominative/accusative. In…

Universal 231: rigid order ⇒ gradation of adjectives expressed by function words;flexible order &rArr gradation of adjectives expressed inflectionally Original If constituent order is rigid…

Universal 246: free order ⇒ longer words Original Words tend to be longer if constituent order is free than if it is rigid. Standardized IF…

Universal 245: free order ⇒ inflection (nominal); rigid order ⇒ ¬ inflection (nominal) Original If constituent order is free without limits, then nominal words are…

Universal 244: Original Inflectional systems either have all three of the following properties or none of them: (i) inflectional exponents are intimately joined to the…

Universal 243: Du (verb) ⇒ Du (noun) Original If verbs inflect for dual number, nouns inflect for dual number as well. Standardized IF verbs inflect…