Month: May 2020

Universal 445: complement-balancing ⇒ assimilation of ANC to non-derived NP;complement-deranking ⇒ retention of sentential marking of ANC Original Complement-balancing languages favour assimilation of ANCs to…

Universal 444: agglutinative ⇒ complement-balancing & complement-deranking;flexive ⇒ complement-balancing Original Agglutinating languages can be complement-balancing and complement-deranking, while fusional languages are complement-balancing. Standardized IF morphologyis…

Universal 443: verb-initial ⇒ Neg V Original If a language is verb-initial, then the negative will precede the verb. Standardized IF basic order is verb-initial,…

Universal 442: Original Hierarchy of proneness to lose sentential head-marking: A > S > P, where sentential head-marking is impossible for A, and possible for…

Universal 441: ¬SENT (ANC) ⇒ S in intransitive ANC is genitivized Original If the ANC is not of the SENT type, then the S of…

Universal 440: SOV ⇒ SO Neg V v SOV Neg Original In SOV languages the negation is commonly placed before or after the verb. Standardized…

Universal 439: non-accusative alignment ⇒ verb-initial Original Non-accusative alignment may be associated with verb-initial order. Standardized IF alignment is non-accusative, THEN there will be verb-initial…

Universal 438: ergative alignment ⇔ high complexity Original Ergative alignment is associated with high complexity. This correlation is not direct one, but a consequence of…

Universal 437: verb-initial & free order ⇔ head-marking;verb-medial v. verb-final ⇔ dependent-marking Original Verb-initial order and lack of any determinate or stated order favour head-marking;…

Universal 436: ergative alignment ⇔ dependent-marking;stative-active alignment ⇔ head-marking; hierarchical alignment ⇔ head-marking Original Ergative alignment is associated with dependent marking , stative-active and hierarchical…