Universal 655: Original In languages in which categories of proximity, inclusiveness and definiteness are employed to convey social meaning, non-proximate, exclusive, and indefinite or impersonal…
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Universal 655: Original In languages in which categories of proximity, inclusiveness and definiteness are employed to convey social meaning, non-proximate, exclusive, and indefinite or impersonal…
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Universal 671: Original Lexical items that are more stable than other items in one language family tend to be among the more stable items in…
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Universal 687: Original CV (Consonant + Vowel) is the only universal model of the syllable. There are languages lacking syllables with initial vowels and/or syllables…
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Universal 703: Original The number of vowels in a column of interior vowels cannot exceed the number in the front or back columns. Standardized IF…
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Universal 719: Original Languages which permit a sequence of unlike tones on a word or morpheme also permit like tones on a word or morpheme.…
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Universal 735: predicate nominals encoded verbally ⇒ predicate adjectives encoded verbally Original The Adjective-Nominal Universal:If predicate nominals are encoded verbally, then predicative adjectives are encoded…
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Universal 751: Original The Multiple-Switch Universal:In a language with tense-induced M-switching, category switching (if any) is restricted to Present Tense. Standardized IF there is tense-induced…
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Universal 767: Original If a language has only one primary fricative its primary allophone is most likely to be /s/. Standardized IF there is only…
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Universal 783: Original In a given language, the number of primary oral affricates will be less than the number of primary oral stops. Standardized The…
Universal 799: non-tensedness ⇔ verby adjectives Original The Tensedness Universals of Adjective Encoding:B. If a language is non-tensed, it will have verby adjectives. If a…