Month: May 2020

Universal 695: Original Standardized IF there are more than three vowels, THEN / ¥ / or / ™ / will be among them. Keywords vowel…

Universal 694: imperative 1Sg ⇒ imperative 1Pl Original If there is 1st person Singular in the imperative paradigm, then there is a form(s) of 1st…

Universal 693: Original The two intonation shapes that are found everywhere are fall and rise, with their targets, low and high. The meanings are as…

Universal 692: Original Assimilation rule: a nasal consonant assimilates to its following consonant concerning its place of articulation.This rule is universal in two respects: it…

Universal 691: Original In initial sounds: the heterorganic sequence of an obstruent consonant and a nasal consonant (e.g. bn) implies a heterorganic sequence of a…

Universal 690: Original The occurrence of consonant-combinations in initial and final position of words implies their possibility in medial position, between vowels, but not vice…

Universal 689: Original The combination of two obstruent consonants which are different only with regard to their belonging to different ‘Lokalisierungsreihen’ (e.g. pt, xs, sf),…

Universal 688: Original In exclusively prefixing languages, if symmetrical reduplicative compounds exist, they will be overwhelmingly of the alliterative type. Standardized IF bound morphology is…

Universal 687: Original CV (Consonant + Vowel) is the only universal model of the syllable. There are languages lacking syllables with initial vowels and/or syllables…

Universal 686: Original When becoming a fricative or determining the place of articulation of adjacent fricatives by assimilation, [w] shows itself primarily as a labial.…