Author: FP

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 260: ergative language ⇒ prefix-suffixal personal conjugation Original In ergative languages personal conjugation is of prefixal or prefix-suffixal nature. Standardized IF alignment is predominantly…

Universal 255: number (noun) ⇒ the same number (pronoun) Original If there exists a regular number distinction in a language, this distinction is necessarily present…

Universal 254: case (adjective) ⇒ case (noun) Original If there is a certain case distinction in the forms of the adjective, there is the same…

Universal 253: possessive predication ⇒ localizing predication Original Predicate hierarchy 1B: (Xi/0)loc > (Xi)possthis hierarchy states that presentative localizing predications are more easily predicable than…

Universal 252: rigid &¬adjectives ⇒ predicative use (nominalpredicate & possessive predicate);rigid & small class of adjectives ⇒ predicative use (adjective &nominal & possessive predicate) Original…

Universal 251: rigid language & ¬manner adverb ⇒ ¬predicative use (nominal & possessive) Original All rigid languages for which the class of manner adverbs is…

Universal 250: flexible language ⇒ predicative use (all classes of predicates) Original All truly flexible languages allow all classes of predicate, up to and including…

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