Month: May 2020

Universal 845: Original In initial clusters, the presence of at least one combination of stop + stop implies the presence of at least one combination…

Universal 844: Original A similar statement (cf. ) for initial clusters holds in almost all cases (that is, the existence of at least one cluster…

Universal 843: Original In final clusters, the existence of at least one sequence consisting of a nasal (voiced or unvoiced) followed by a heterogenic obstruent…

Universal 842: Original There are no initial or final clusters in which all obstruent combinations are heterogeneous in regard to voicing. Standardized There are no…

Universal 841: Original In all initial and final clusters, if there are sequences of length m and n and m >n, then the proportion of…

Universal 840: Original Every initial of final sequence of length m contains at least one continuous subsequence of length m – 1. Standardized IF there…

Universal 839: clause initial marker ( in Rel Cl) ⇒ N Rel Original Only postnominal clauses may contain an obligatory initial relative particle or nominal…

Universal 838: Rel N ⇒ ¬ clause-initial marker Original In prenominal relative clauses there is never an obligatory clause-initial marker. (There may or may not…

Universal 837: VSO ⇒ Person & Number inflection Original VSO languages tend to have Person-Number inflection. Standardized IF basic order is VSO, THEN there is…

Universal 836: Voiceless l ⇒ Voiced l Original If there is a voiceless l, there will be a voiced l as well. Standardized IF there…