Author: FP

Universal 263: Original Among the morphological frequentalia of ergativity one may mention: the morphological category of words that are syntactically connected with nouns (verbs, adjectives,…

Universal 271: gender (verb (1 & 2)) ⇒ gender (verb (3)) Original If there exists a certain gender distinction in verb forms of the 1st…

Universal 270: category X (neuter gender) ⇒ category X (non-neuter gender) Original If a certain grammatical distinction occurs in the paradigm of the neuter gender,…

Universal 269: Original If in a language there is a special distinction of animate and inanimate (personal and non-personal) nouns connected with a regular syncretism…

Universal 268: ¬suppletive Pl (pronoun) ⇒ (marker Pl(pronoun) = marker Pl(noun)) Original If there is non-suppletive formation of the plural by pronouns, then plural markers…

Universal 267: reduplication ⇒ it expresses ‘change of quantity or degree’ Original If in a language reduplication (full or partial) exists as a productive grammatical…

Universal 266: Original If a language has Person and Number inflection, then it also has Tense, Aspect and Mood inflection. Standardized IF there is Person…

Universal 265: Original Active languages are characterized by dividing nouns into active (“animate”) and inactive (“inanimate”) classes and by the corresponding principle of dividing verbs…

Universal 264: Original On the lexical level frequentalia of active languages are as follows: the inactive noun class is often subdivided into groups according to…

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…