Universal 1322: Original No human language has a grammatically homogeneous vocabulary. Standardized No human language has a grammatically homogeneous vocabulary. Keywords vocabulary Domain lexicon Type…
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Universal 1322: Original No human language has a grammatically homogeneous vocabulary. Standardized No human language has a grammatically homogeneous vocabulary. Keywords vocabulary Domain lexicon Type…
Universal 1338: VO ⇒ flexion Original The more marked the position in which a word appears, the stronger the tendency for this word to present…
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Universal 1354: Original The maximum number of sporadic addends is two. Standardized In numeral systems, the maximum number of sporadic addends is two. Keywords numeral…
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Universal 1370: Original Intra-locative classifier languages have no quanta classifiers at all. Standardized IF there are intra-locative classifiers, THEN there are no quanta classifiers. Keywords…
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Universal 1386: Original No language will exist where auxiliary does not potentially include tense; that is, in a sentence with tense and an auxiliary, tense…
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Universal 1402: Original If a language has adverbial predicates which are analyzable into a noun and a case affix, then any postposed arguments of such…
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Universal 1418: Original It is almost always possible to use the least marked indicative verb from in a narrative context. Standardized It is almost always…
Universal 1434: many tenses ⇒ ¬ aspect Original A large number of tense oppositions correlates with the absence of aspect differentiation. Standardized IF there are…
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Universal 1450: Original In all languages, if some form denotes the metaperson ‘hearer’ in the non-singular, then this form includes among its meanings the metaperson…
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Universal 1466: Original In all languages, if the metaperson ‘speaker + non-participant(s)’ is not the only meaning of some form, then this form must also…