Author: FP

Universal 299: Original All languages use reduplication as a productive grammatical way of word formation and inflection. Standardized Reduplication is used as a productive grammatical…

Universal 298: Original In all languages: if there is no category definiteness/indefiniteness, then the change of the word order is used as a way of…

Universal 297: Original In all languages, inversion of the word order can be used as a logical or emotional emphasis. Standardized Inversion of word order…

Universal 296: Original In all languages: if the noun has no case, and the verb has no such categories which could point out the relation…

Universal 277: VOS ⇒ ¬ verbal inflection Original If a language has VOS order, then it has no verbal inflection. Standardized IF basic order is…

Universal 295: Original In all languages: if there is VSO, SVO, SOV, an auxiliary verb, which can occupy the position before and after the main…

Universal 294: Original In all languages: if there is VSO, SVO, SOV, then the verb has prefixes and suffixes. Standardized IF basic order is VSO,…

Universal 293: verb agreement (DO) ⇒ verb agreement (SUBJ) Original In all languages: if the verb agrees with the direct object, it agrees with the…

Universal 292: verb agreement (OBL) ⇒ verb agreement (DO) Original In all languages: if the verb agrees with the oblique object, it agrees with the…

Universal 291: ezâfe ⇒ possessive declension V article Original If there are ezâfe constructions, there is possessive declension (pronominal enclitics or proclitics with the meaning…