Month: May 2020

Universal 995: posterior consecutive deranking & SVO ⇒ conditional deranking Original If a language has posterior consecutive deranking and its word order is SVO, then…

Universal 994: particle comparative ⇒ ¬ deranking & total identity deletion;particle comparative ⇒ balancing & total identity deletion Original Languages with a particle comparative are…

Universal 993: absolute deranking ⇒ SOV v VSO;absolute deranking ⇒ ¬ SVO Original Languages with absolute consecutive deranking have either SOV or VSO . Standardized…

Universal 992: conditional deranking ⇒ SVO Original Languages with conditional deranking typically prefer SVO word order. Standardized IF there is conditional deranking, THEN basic order…

Universal 991: absolute posterior consecutive deranking ⇒ VSO Original Languages with absolute posterior consecutive deranking typically prefer VSO word order. Standardized IF there is absolute…

Universal 990: absolute anterior consecutive deranking → SOV Original Languages with absolute anterior consecutive deranking typically prefer SOV word order. Standardized IF there is absolute…

Universal 989: conjoined comparative ⇒ ¬ deranking & ¬ identity deletion;conjoined comparative ⇒ balancing & ¬ identity deletion Original Languages with a conjoined comparative are…

Universal 988: exceed comparative ⇒ conditional deranking & limited identity deletion Original Languages with an exceed comparative are languages with conditional deranking and limited identity…

Universal 987: adverbial comparative ⇒ deranking & total identity deletion Original Languages with an adverbial comparative are languages with absolute deranking and total identity deletion.…

Universal 986: locative comparative ⇒ absolute simultaneous deranking & total identity deletion Original Languages with a locative comparative are languages with absolute simultaneous deranking and…