Universal 1737: Original If the adnominal demonstrative or possessive occurs with a noun that is accompanied by the definite article at one point in time…
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Universal 1737: Original If the adnominal demonstrative or possessive occurs with a noun that is accompanied by the definite article at one point in time…
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Universal 1753: Original Whenever only one (cardinal or ordinal) numeral differs from all others in its ordering relative to the noun, it will be that…
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Universal 1769: Original Nasal effacement applies to nasals after inherently strong vowels in preference to nasals after inherently weak vowels. Standardized IF nasals are effaced…
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Universal 1785: Original The shorter a linguistic expression is, the more likely it is will be associated with familiarity and high frequency of occurrence.The longer…
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Universal 1801: Original Nasals tend to endure word-finally after obstruents have been lost. Standardized In word-final nasal + obstruent clusters, IF the nasal is deleted,…
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Universal 1817: Original Standardized IF there is a labialized voiceless uvular ejective stop, THEN there is a labialized voiceless uvular fricative. Keywords stop, fricative, labial,…
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Universal 1833: Original Standardized IF there is a voiceless palatal approximant, THEN there is also a voiceless labial-velar approximant. Keywords approximant, palatal, labial-velar, voice Domain…
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Universal 1849: Original A laryngealized voiced palatal approximant [j] does not occur without the voiceless glottal fricative [h]. Standardized IF there is laryngealized a voiced…
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Universal 1865: Original Baby talk has shorter sentences, fewer subordinate clauses, fewer grammatical relations, more repetitions than normal adult-to-adult speech, often omits inflections and function…
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Universal 1881: 1st vs. 2nd/3rd person split (past) ⇒ 1st vs. 2nd/3rd person split (future) Original Languages which show a split between 1st versus 2nd/3rd…