Month: May 2020

Universal 425: Pl (nouns) ⇒ Pl (pronouns) Original The presence of plural in the nouns of a particular language always implies its presence in some…

Universal 424: Original There is no language where, given a constituent class some members of which are immediate constituents of the sentence at the point…

Universal 423: Prep ⇒ (¬ SOV ⇒ N Rel) Original If a language has Prep word order, then if the verb position is not SOV,…

Universal 422: verb agreement with members following the verb ⇒ verb agreement with members preceding the verb Original There is no language where, given a…

Universal 421: verb agreement (non-topical constituent) ⇒ verb-agreement (topical constituent) Original There is no language where, given a constituent class including both topical and non-topical…

Universal 420: verb agreement (inanimate constituent) ⇒ verb agreement (animate constituent) Original There is no language where, given a constituent class including both animate and…

Universal 419: verb agreement (indefinite constituent) ⇒ verb agreement (definite constituent) Original There is no language where, given a constituent class including both definite and…

Universal 418: verb agreement (adverbial constituent) ⇒ verb agreement (non-adverbial constituent) Original There is no language which includes sentences where the verb agrees with an…

Universal 417: verb agreement ¬(INTR-SUBJ) ⇒ verb agreement (INTR-SUBJ) Original There is no language which includes sentences where the verb agrees with a constituent distinct…

Universal 416: Original The degree of bounding between stem and affix is in proportion to the semantic relevance of the affix to the stem. Standardized…