Month: May 2020

Universal 375: Original In all languages, an expression which refers to the topic of a sentence is typically definite or generic. Standardized IF an expression…

Universal 374: Original It is impossible for minimal case systems to include, in addition to the basic general case, only a single further case exclusively…

Universal 373: Original There is a positive correlation between higher syllable-per-sentence and syllable-per word ratios, simpler (or shorter) syllables, agglutinative morphology, and (S)OV basic word…

Universal 372: agglutinative ⇒ simple syllabic structure;flexive ⇒ complex syllabic structure Original There is a positive correlation between agglutinative morphology and simple syllable structure (or…

Universal 371: VO ⇒ main stress in a Verb Phrase is to the right of Verb;OV ⇒ main stress in a Verb Phrase is to…

Universal 370: vowel harmony ⇒ OV; umlaut ⇒ VO Original If a language has vowel harmony and perhaps other progressive phonological modifications, then basic word…

Universal 369: Original In agglutinative languages casual or fast speech shows less phonological deletion, fusion, and weakening than in flective ones, owing to the lack…

Universal 368: vowel harmony ⇒ agglutinative morphology Original Typically, agglutinative languages, where stems and affixes are bound together more loosely than in flective and introflective…

Universal 367: agglutinative ⇒ phonological structure of affixes is similar to the structure of stems;flective ⇒ affixes are shorter and structurally simpler than stems Original…

Universal 366: agglutinative ⇒ derivational affixes have complex syllabic structure;flexive ⇒ derivational affixes have less complex syllabic structure Original Derivational affixes tend to have a…