Month: May 2020

Universal 435: head-marking ⇒ low complexity;dependent-marking ⇒ high complexity Original Head-marking is associated with low complexity, dependent marking with high complexity, where complexity is the…

Universal 434: full passive ⇒ reduced passive; ¬ reduced passive ⇒ ¬ passive Original If a language has full passives, it also has the reduced…

Universal 433: aspect V tense (non-indicative mood) ⇒ aspect V tense (indicative mood) Original If there is a certain distinction as to aspect or tense…

Universal 432: voice (non-indicative mood) ⇒ voice (indicative mood) Original If there is a certain distinction as to voice in the forms of a non-indicative…

Universal 431: overt plural marker (non-human/inanimate NP) ⇒ overt plural marker (human/animate NP) Original The following correlation holds: overt marking of plurality in non-human (or…

Universal 430: Sg/Pl distinction (2 &/v 3 person) ⇒ Sg/Pl distinction (1 person); Original The singular-plural distinction is universal in free personal pronouns in the…

Universal 429: gender ⇒ gender (3 person) Original If in a particular language gender distinctions appear, it will be the 3rd person. Standardized IF gender…

Universal 428: Original All types of predicate constituents do not agree alike with polite plural pronoun subjects; if the referent of the polite, formally plural…

Universal 427: agreement in gender (within the NP) ⇒ agreement in gender (outside the NP) Original If there is any set of agreeing constituent types…

Universal 426: agreement in gender & number (any constituent) ⇒ agreement in gender & number (anaphoric pronoun) Original It holds both for gender and number…