Universal 813: Original In regard to sibilants there is a strong tendency for different types of sibilants not to combine. If it occurs, then it…
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Universal 813: Original In regard to sibilants there is a strong tendency for different types of sibilants not to combine. If it occurs, then it…
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Universal 829: VO ⇒ ¬left-extraposed RelCl; VO & right-extraposed RelCl ⇒ postposed RelCl Original If in a language the verb normally precedes its objects, there…
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Universal 845: Original In initial clusters, the presence of at least one combination of stop + stop implies the presence of at least one combination…
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Universal 861: Original Voiced semivowels are not followed by obstruents in initial clusters or preceded by obstruents in final clusters. Standardized In initial clusters, IF…
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Universal 877: Original Every language with final clusters contains at least one cluster with a final obstruent in the dental-alveolar region. Standardized IF there are…
Universal 893: head-marking ⇒ adjectives similar to verbs Original Head-marking languages tend to have an adjective class of type (b), where adjectives are grammatically similar…
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Universal 909: Original In a language with only a single genitive, when a transitive clause is nominalized, the subject’s prior claim to the genitive case…
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Universal 925: Original Standardized If a language contains syllables with vowel nuclei of the form CmVCn and syllables with consonantal nuclei of the form Cm’C§Cn’,…
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Universal 941: Original A nasal syllabic phoneme, apart from borrowings and analogical formations, always results from the loss of a vowel. Standardized A nasal syllabic…
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Universal 957: Original For languages with phonemic stress, the presence of n unstressed syllables flanking a stressed syllable implies the presence of n -1 unstressed…