Month: May 2020

Universal 1015: Original If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms (stems and affixes) of cardinal numerals replace more likely the forms…

Universal 1014: Original If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms (stems and affixes) of inferior numerals replace more likely the forms…

Universal 1013: Original A compact nasal consonant implies the the presence of two diffuse consonants, one acute and the other grave. Standardized IF there is…

Universal 1012: diffuse medial affricates & compact medial fricatives ⇒ compact medial affricates Original The existence of diffuse medial affricates and compact medial fricatives imply…

Universal 1011: peripheral affricates ⇒ medial affricates Original Peripheral affricates imply medial affricates. Standardized IF there are peripheral affricates, THEN there are medial affricates. Keywords…

Universal 1010: Original There is no language in which there are more labials or velars than dentals. Standardized IF there are n labials or velars,…

Universal 1009: Original Accent on the third syllable from the left edge and on the fourth syllable from the right edge are unattested patterns in…

Universal 1008: Exceed-2 V Exceed-3 Comparative ⇒ adjectives are nouny Original If a language has an Exceed-2 Comparative or an Exceed-3 Comparative, it is nouny.…

Universal 1007: Original Pidginization processes tend to replace fricatives other than s by stops. Standardized Pidginization processes tend to replace fricatives other than s by…

Universal 1006: Original No matter which direction the process ( d⇔ð, t⇔† ) is going, the stop outcome is favoured by word-initial, post-nasal or post-liquid…