Universal 345: Nominal_predicate Subject ⇒ Verbal_predicate Subject Original If a subject usually follows the nominal predicate, then it also follows the verbal predicate. Standardized IF…
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Universal 344: VS (transitive verb) ⇒ VS (intransitive verb) Original If the order VS is dominant with transitive verbs, then it will be dominant with…
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Universal 343: Original If the subject expressed by an independent personal pronoun usually follows the verb, then the nominal subject also follows the verb. Standardized…
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Universal 342: Original If the dominant position of the object with respect to the verb depends on morphological characteristics of the object, the dominant order…
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Universal 341: Original If the dominant position of the subject with respect to the verb depends on their morphological characteristics, the dominant order in such…
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Universal 340: Original If in a conjugation there are confixes, then at least some of them designate subject and/or object in plural.The same holds for…
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Universal 339: Original If number is expressed in a prefixal part of a confix, then it is also expressed in its suffixal part. Standardized IF…
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Universal 338: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are confix-forms such as o-V-s-o, then there are o-V-s forms as well.…
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Universal 337: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are confix-forms such as s-V-s-o, then there are s-V-o forms as well.…
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Universal 336: Original If subject of intransitive verb is expressed by a confix, then at least one of its parts (prefixal or/and suffixal) may designate…