Universal 1087: Original It is clear that the general tendency for a cluster of consonant and nasal is either to (i) retain the nasality (by…
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Universal 1087: Original It is clear that the general tendency for a cluster of consonant and nasal is either to (i) retain the nasality (by…
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Universal 1103: Original If there is a bound vs. free split, the bound prefixes will be accusative, and case marking on free forms will be…
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Universal 1119: Original If the extension of the pronominal dual is limited and includes the 3rd person, all nouns or at least some of them…
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Universal 1135: Original If the dual extends to all number-inflecting personal pronouns and nouns, its conception will be that of a duo-paucal rather than of…
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Universal 1151: VO ⇒ result predicates are V-adjacent or at the end of the VP;OV ⇒ V-adjacent result predicates Original In VO languages, result predicates…
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Universal 1167: Original Markers on the verb or adjective are never the sole markers of definiteness, in any given context (except perhaps in Latvian), their…
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Universal 1183: OS ⇒ #V Original Basic word orders OSV and OVS do not occur at all, while SVO, SOV, VSO, and VOS are all…
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Universal 1199: Original Every natural language has syntactic constituents (called noun-phrases) whose semantic function is to express generalized quantifiers over the domain of discourse. Standardized…
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Universal 1215: Original Nouns denoting body parts are the preferred sources for the grammaticalization of local adpositions. Standardized Nouns denoting body parts are the preferred…
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Universal 1231: Original Diachronically, when an allative loses its local meaning (or acquires additional, non-local meanings), it will become a dative (expressing beneficiary and/or indirect…