Month: May 2020

Universal 335: Original If subject of transitive verb is expressed by a confix, then at least one of the parts of such a confix (prefixal…

Universal 334: Original If a language has forms in which the object is expressed with a confix, then subject can also be expressed by confix…

Universal 333: Original If verbal suffixes or enclitics which point out the subject and/or object, under some conditions, move from the postverbal position to the…

Universal 332: Original If the suffix position is the only possible one for an object-affix, then the subject-affix also occupies this position at least in…

Universal 331: Original If the prefix position is the only possible one for a subject-affix, then the object-affix also occupies this position in all forms…

Universal 330: Original If intransitive verbs have prefix agreement with subjects in person, then transitive verbs also agree with subject in this position. Standardized IF…

Universal 329: Original If transitive verbs have suffix agreement in person with subjects, then at least some of intransitive verbs also agree with their subjects…

Universal 328: Original If a verb agrees with a subject in prefix, then verbs have affixes or clitics which agree with the direct object. Standardized…

Universal 327: transitive verb agrees with SUBJ ⇒ intransitive verb agrees with SUBJ Original If transitive verbs agree with their subjects in some grammatical feature,…

Universal 326: transitive verb agrees in person with DO ⇒ transitive verb agrees in person with SUBJ Original If forms of the transitive verb agree…