Universal 1658: Original Whenever there are two terms differing in generation which are true reciprocals, or there is one which is a self-reciprocal term with…
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Universal 1658: Original Whenever there are two terms differing in generation which are true reciprocals, or there is one which is a self-reciprocal term with…
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Universal 1674: Original Standardized IF there is a phoneme all of whose allophones are variants of /x/, THEN there is a phoneme whose characteristic variant…
Universal 1690: absolute consecutive deranking ⇒ SOV v VOS Original Languages with absolute consecutive deranking have either SOV or VSO word order. Standardized IF there…
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Universal 1706: Original The Law of Initials:Word-medial syllable heads are the more preferred, the less they differ from possible word-initial syllable heads of the language…
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Universal 1722: Original If the article co-occurs with the noun that is accompanied by adnominal possessives that are not marked for genitive, it also does…
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Universal 1738: Original On the NP analysis pronouns are arguably anomalous in lacking an overt noun head – unless pronouns are taken to be a…
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Universal 1754: Original For all languages, if person and/or number is marked on non-finite forms, then it is also marked on finite forms. Standardized IF…
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Universal 1770: Original If there is effacement of comparatively strong (syllable-initial) nasals, then there must have already been effacement of comparatively weak (syllable-final) nasals. Standardized…
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Universal 1786: Original Standardized IF a vowel followed by a back velar nasal result in a nasal vowel, THEN a nasal vowel as the result…
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Universal 1802: Original The presence of a voiced alveolar sibilant fricative implies the presence of a voiceless alveolar sibilant fricative. Standardized IF there is a…