Month: May 2020

Universal 985: allative comparative ⇒ absolute posterior consecutive deranking & total identity deletion Original Languages with an allative comparative are languages with absolute posterior consecutive…

Universal 984: separative comparative ⇒ absolute anterior consecutive deranking & total identity deletion Original Languages with a separative comparative are languages with absolute anterior consecutive…

Universal 983: exceeded comparative ⇒ SVO Original If a language has an exceed comparative, then it is SVO. Standardized IF there is an exceed comparative,…

Universal 982: locative comparative ⇒ ¬ SVO; orlocative comparative ⇒ SOV v VSO Original If a language has a locative comparative, then it is either…

Universal 981: allative comparative ⇒ VSO Original If a language has an allative comparative, then it is VSO. Standardized IF there is an allative comparative,…

Universal 980: separative comparative ⇒ SOV Original If a language has a separative comparative, then it is SOV. Standardized IF there is a separative comparative,…

Universal 979: Original Irregular plural formation is more likely to occur with nouns high in the split plurality hierarchy. Standardized IF nouns low on the…

Universal 978: Original When the plural allomorphs are morphologically conditioned in a language, and the conditioning depends on whether the word belongs to one or…

Universal 977: Original If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the stems and affixes of common nouns are more likely replaced than stems…

Universal 976: Original If there are analogical changes in their inflectional paradigms, the forms of non-local cases of common nouns are more likely replaced than…