Universal 910: Original If speech act constructions – constructions which indicate some feature of an illocutionary act – in certain subordinate clauses, then speech-act constructions…
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Universal 910: Original If speech act constructions – constructions which indicate some feature of an illocutionary act – in certain subordinate clauses, then speech-act constructions…
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Universal 926: Original The source of syllabicity in syllabic consonants is always a vowel, either directly, when a vowel changes into a consonant (consonantalization), or…
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Universal 942: Original Nasalized vowels always arise from a sequence of vowel and nasal consonant origin. Standardized Nasalized vowels always arise from a sequence of…
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Universal 958: future tense (resultative) ⇒ past tense (resultative) ⇒ present tense (resultative) Original The probability of tense forms in the resultative is determined by…
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Universal 974: Original If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms (stems and affixes) of indicative forms are more likely replaced than…
Universal 990: absolute anterior consecutive deranking → SOV Original Languages with absolute anterior consecutive deranking typically prefer SOV word order. Standardized IF there is absolute…
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Universal 1006: Original No matter which direction the process ( d⇔ð, t⇔†) is going, the stop outcome is favoured by word-initial, post-nasal or post-liquid…
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Universal 1022: Original If a language has a parts-of speech system of types 1-3/4, then it does not allow variation in the order of Head…
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Universal 1038: Original When secondary stress is phonological, it most frequently involves alternations of weak stress (unstressed?) with secondary stress (so the the favourite position…
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Universal 1054: Original If verbs agree in Number, they are very likely to agree in Person. Standardized IF verbs agree in number, THEN they are…