Universal 1715: Original Higher Order Law:All syllabic complexities are less disfavoured in stressed syllables than in unstressed syllables. Standardized Higher Order Law:All syllabic complexities are…
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Universal 1715: Original Higher Order Law:All syllabic complexities are less disfavoured in stressed syllables than in unstressed syllables. Standardized Higher Order Law:All syllabic complexities are…
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Universal 1731: Original If a noun phrase constituent has special adnominal and nominal forms for any of its more marked members, it tends to have…
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Universal 1747: Original Ordinal numerals are likelier to have synonyms than corresponding cardinal numerals. Standardized IF a cardinal numeral has synonyms, THEN the corresponding ordinal…
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Universal 1763: Original The velars are most likely to undergo weakening, then the dentals, and lastly the labials, in that order. Standardized IF labials undergo…
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Universal 1779: Original If there is a voiced affricate reflex, then there will also be a voicless affricate reflex, i.e.dz → z ⇒ ts →…
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Universal 1795: Original Tautosyllablic distinctive nasalization developed sooner word-finally than in preconsonantal position. Standardized IF there is tautosyllabic distinctive nasalization in preconsonantal position, THEN there…
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Universal 1811: Original If a language has a voiceless dental-alveolar ejective stop [”t‘”] then it also has a voiced dental-alveolar nasal [”n”]. Standardized IF there…
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Universal 1827: Original If a language shows the order RelNoun or AdjNoun in its noun phrase, it is very likely to also show PossNoun, but…
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Universal 1843: Original Standardized IF there is a long nasalized high front unrounded vowel, THEN there is also a long high front unrounded vowel. Keywords…
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Universal 1859: Original The alveolar and retroflex stops generally tend to become taps and flaps intervocalically. Standardized The alveolar and retroflex stops generally tend to…