Universal 636: Original Number is the pronominal category most widely used among different languages in alternation of reference by personal pronoun to show degrees of…
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Universal 636: Original Number is the pronominal category most widely used among different languages in alternation of reference by personal pronoun to show degrees of…
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Universal 652: consonant-vowel ratio is comparatively high ⇔ polysynthetic language Original The consonant-vowel ratio is comparatively high in polysynthetic languages, where morphemes are comparatively short,…
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Universal 668: SOV ⇒ SentQ Original Most question particles occur in sentence-initial (or enclitic to the initial constituent) or in sentence-final position. Question particles almost…
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Universal 684: morphological negation ⇒ verb-initial order v. free word order Original Morphological Negation — in particular suffixal Neg — is more common in verb-final…
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Universal 700: Original Languages with nine or more vowels generally have /o/. Standardized IF there are more than eight vowels, THEN /o/ will be among…
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Universal 716: Original Systems in which high tones are marked are more frequent than systems in which low tones are marked. Standardized More frequently, when…
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Universal 732: Original The Zero Universal:If a language employs zero/nonverbal copula encoding at all, it will employ this strategy in the encoding of identity statements.…
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Universal 748: nominal encoding of predicate adjective ⇒ nominal merging Original The Universal of Nominal Merging*:A language may have nominal merging only if it allows…
Universal 764: unvoiced ejective ⇒ plain stop Original … unvoiced ejectives never exist without plain stops. Standardized IF there are unvoiced ejectives, THEN there will…
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Universal 780: Original Standardized IF there is only one primary affricated stop, THEN the primary allophone is most likely to be /t∫/. Keywords affricate, allophone…