Month: May 2020

Universal 735: predicate nominals encoded verbally ⇒ predicate adjectives encoded verbally Original The Adjective-Nominal Universal:If predicate nominals are encoded verbally, then predicative adjectives are encoded…

Universal 734: Original The Minimal Distribution of Zero Copulas:If a language allows a zero copula at all, it will minimally select this option for predicate…

Universal 733: Original The Zero Universal:If a language employs zero/nonverbal copula encoding for other sentence types than identity statements, it will at least employ this…

Universal 732: Original The Zero Universal:If a language employs zero/nonverbal copula encoding at all, it will employ this strategy in the encoding of identity statements.…

Universal 731: Original The Auxiliary Universal:If a language allows independent, non-supported, encoding of predicates, this encoding will always comprise event predicates. Standardized IF predicates are…

Universal 730: Original The Agreement Universal:If a language has person agreement in intransitive main clauses, this agreement will at least be used in sentences with…

Universal 729: Original When a marked phonation type is restricted in distribution to certain tones, those tones are in the highest or lowest part of…

Universal 728: Original Vowels on rising tones are longer than those on falling tones, other things being equal. Standardized IF a vowel is on a…

Universal 727: Original Vowels on low tones are longer than those on high tones, other things being equal. Standardized IF a vowel is on a…

Universal 726: Original A low (open) vowel has a lower pitch than a high (close) vowel, other things being equal. Standardized IF a vowel is…