Month: May 2020

Universal 665: Original Yes-no question inversion implies a resultant VSO order. In periphrastic constructions the finite auxiliary always occupies the V slot of the inverted…

Universal 664: yes-no question inversion ⇒ SV (=subject precedes verb) Original The presence of yes-no question inversion implies a basic order type in which subject…

Universal 663: tag questions with ¬rising contour ⇒ tag questions with rising contour Original The presence of tag questions with nonrising (or higher pitched or…

Universal 662: ¬(rising terminal V higher pitched V special stress) yes-no question contour ⇒ postposition Original Nonoccurrence of a rising terminal, higher pitched or special…

Universal 661: converb prominence ⇔ OV Original There is a correlation between converb prominence and object-verb word order. Standardized IF there is converb prominence, THEN…

Universal 660: Original There is no reduplication pattern that would involve reference to phonological properties other than syllable number, consonantality-vowelhood, and absolute linear position. Standardized…

Universal 659: Original There is no reduplication pattern which would not involve reference to lexical identity. Standardized There is no reduplication pattern which would not…

Universal 658: Original There is no reduplication pattern where the number of repetitions is freely chosen from the set of all numbers. Standardized There is…

Universal 657: Original There is no reduplication pattern where the constituent to be reduplicated may be freely chosen from among the included subconstituents. Standardized There…

Universal 656: Original The probability of homophony is inversely related to the number of principal phonemes and to the length of sequence units (phrases, words,…