Universal 1207: Original Dual quantifier universal:If a natural language has a basic determiner for each of D and d then these are semantically equivalent to…
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Universal 1207: Original Dual quantifier universal:If a natural language has a basic determiner for each of D and d then these are semantically equivalent to…
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Universal 1223: Original If there is a local case other than locative, then there will also be a locative. Standardized IF there is a local…
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Universal 1239: Original Word-Terminal Condition: if an intersyllabic sequence is divisible into occurring word-initial and word-final clusters, then the perceived boundary does not fall between…
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Universal 1255: Original The less sonorous a vowel (or class of vowels), the more prone it will be to assimilate; and conversely, the more sonorous…
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Universal 1271: Original Categories which can be used as a ‘perfect of result’ (i.e. to say that something has happened that has a result at…
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Universal 1287: Original The Verb-Object Bonding Principle (VOB):The object of a transitive verb is more tightly bounded to the verb than is its subject. Standardized…
Universal 1303: postposition ⇒ Plural affixes on N are suffixed Original If a language is postpositional, plural affixes on noun (if any) are suffixed with…
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Universal 1319: Original Monomorphemic reflexives can take long-distance antecedents whereas polymorphemic reflexives cannot. Standardized IF a reflexive can take long-distance antecedents, THEN it is monomorphemic.…
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Universal 1335: Original If we have an OSV basic order, then we also have SOV as an alternative order.If we have an OVS basic order,…
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Universal 1351: Original Every superessive or possessive augend is a serialized augend. Standardized In numeral systems, every superessive or possessive augend is a serialized augend.…