Universal 884: front rounded vowel ⇒ front unrounded vowel Original A front rounded vowel implies a front unrounded vowel at the same tongue height. Standardized…
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Universal 900: antipassive ⇔ imperfective aspect & low-level object individuation
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Universal 900: antipassive ⇔ imperfective aspect & low-level object individuation Original The antipassive is correlative with the imperfective aspect and low-level object individuation. Whenever antipassive…
Universal 916:
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Universal 916: Original As the number of contrastive segments in a language increases, the average length of a word will decrease. Standardized The more numerous…
Universal 932:
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Universal 932: Original If a language possesses voiceless syllabic stops, then it possesses voiced syllabic stops. Standardized IF there are voiceless syllabic stops, THEN there…
Universal 948:
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Universal 948: Original In languages with phonemic stress, the number of phonemic contrasts in stressed syllables will be greater than or equal to the number…
Universal 964: VO ⇒ Art N;OV ⇒ N Art Original VO languages exhibit a statistically greater tendency to place articles before the noun than OV…
Universal 980: separative comparative ⇒ SOV Original If a language has a separative comparative, then it is SOV. Standardized IF there is a separative comparative,…
Universal 997: posterior consecutive deranking & VSO ⇒ absolute deranking
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Universal 997: posterior consecutive deranking & VSO ⇒ absolute deranking Original If a language has posterior consecutive deranking and its word order is VSO, then…
Universal 1012: diffuse medial affricates & compact medial fricatives ⇒ compact medial affricates
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Universal 1012: diffuse medial affricates & compact medial fricatives ⇒ compact medial affricates Original The existence of diffuse medial affricates and compact medial fricatives imply…
Universal 1028: OV ⇔ tensedness ⇔ casedness ⇔ AND-construction ⇔ absolute converb
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Universal 1028: OV ⇔ tensedness ⇔ casedness ⇔ AND-construction ⇔ absolute converb Original There are correlations between following parameters:OV word order, Tensedness, Casedness, AND-Construction, Absolute…