Month: May 2020

Universal 485: variable order SVO: IndO marking is optional & IndO is contiguous with the verb ⇒ IndO is unmarked; DO is contiguous with the…

Universal 484: Original In two-thirds of the languages sampled, the indirect object is marked either extra- or intra-verbally when it is contiguous with the verb…

Universal 483: DO & IO are indicated by fixed word order ⇒ DO & IO are indicated by morphosyntactic marking Original 80 % of the…

Universal 482: DO morphologically marked ⇒ IndO morphologically marked Original If the direct object is morphologically marked in a sentence, then the indirect object is…

Universal 481: progressive aspect is signalled by a suffix ⇒ tense & mood & person suffixes follow progressive aspect suffix Original If progressive is signaled…

Universal 480: (word-level progressive form) & (phrase -level progressive constructions) ⇒ word-level (present tense) Original If there is a word-level progressive form for some tenses…

Universal 479: ¬past progressive form ⇒ ¬future progressive form Original There is never a special future progressive form unless there is a past progressive form…

Universal 478: Original If the head (lexical) verb in a progressive verb phrase is marked for tense, it is marked as present tense. Standardized When…

Universal 477: Original If the same progressive constructions are used for present and for non-present tenses, the progressive aspect verb phrase will either be unmarked…

Universal 476: Original There are never more tense distinctions in progressive than in non-progressive. Standardized IF there are tense distinctions in progressive, THEN there will…