Author: FP

Universal 290: ezâfe ⇒ possessive declension V pronominal enclitics Original If there are ezâfe constructions, then there is possessive declension or there are pronominal enclitics…

Universal 289: postconsonantal aspiration ⇒ prevocalic aspiration; Original Prevocalic aspiration is typologically more frequent than postconsonantal aspiration. Standardized IF there is postconsonantal aspiration, THEN there…

Universal 288: causative morpheme expresses permissiveness ⇒ causative morpheme expresses factitivity Original If a causative morpheme in any language can express permissiveness, it can usually…

Universal 287: verb morpheme ‘dativus commodi’ ⇒ causative morpheme Original If there is a verb morpheme with the meaning of dativus commodi, there is a…

Universal 286: Original If a causative morpheme is unproductive in relation to transitives, forming from them a relatively small (closed) group of trivalent causatives, among…

Universal 285: Original In all languages: if there are tri-valent causatives derived from bi-valent non-causative verbs, there must also be bi-valent causatives derived from one-place…

Universal 284: gender(Adj) &,V number(adj) &,V case(adj) ⇒ gender(noun) &,V number(noun) &,V case(noun) Original If an adjective has the categories of gender and/or number and/or…

Universal 283: palatovelar ⇒ dental Original It is apparently a universal fact, then, that palatoalveolar sounds develop in child language only after dental sounds. Standardized…

Universal 282: ¬Gen (noun) ⇒ ¬DO(noun) & ¬OBL(noun) Original If a noun does not have genitive, then it does not have forms of direct and…

Universal 281: plural (noun) ⇒ singular designates indefinite number of objects (noun) Original If nouns have Plural, then they have Singular which can designate an…