Universal 32: SA ⇒ internal case without external case Original If a language has Suffixaufnahme, it also has the internal case occurring without the external…
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Universal 48:
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Universal 48: Original The noun phrase (NP) internal distribution of case between head noun and any agreeing constituents is determined by dominance relations defined on…
Universal 64:
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Universal 64: Original In nominative-accusative languages the causee of causative verbs derived from transitive verbs is an oblique object, whereas in ergative languages it is…
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Universal 80: Original There is no language in which the subject must be first demoted (via passivization) before it can be relativized. Standardized Relativization is…
Universal 96: Postp ⇒ ((A N v Rel N ⇒ Dem N & Num N & Poss N) & (Dem N v Num N v Poss N ⇒ G N))
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Universal 96: Postp ⇒ ((A N v Rel N ⇒ Dem N & Num N & Poss N) & (Dem N v Num N v…
Universal 112: (V O & Adv V) ⇒ Adj N;(O V & V Adv) ⇒ N Adj Original If the adverb occurs on the opposite…
Universal 128:
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Universal 128: Original Of the two arguments in transitive ANCs, the one most likely to lose its sentential dependent-marking and head-marking is the A (except…
Universal 144: ¬ Adj agreement ⇒ G N Original If a language has no adjective agreement, then the genitive will precede the noun. Standardized IF…
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Universal 160: Original If dative and transitive-clause locative are identically marked, even non-adpositionally, then dative* is also identically marked. Standardized IF dative and transitive-clause locative…
Universal 176: N G ⇒ N Rel; equivalently: Rel N ⇒ G N Original If the genitive follows the noun, then the relative clause follows…