Month: May 2020

Universal 325: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and V-s-o,…

Universal 324: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and s-V-o,…

Universal 323: Original If the verb agrees with subject and object and there are forms with the following arrangement of agreement affixes: s-o-V and o-V-s,…

Universal 322: ergative (nouns) ⇒ non-zero allomorphs Original If nouns have a syntactic form of the ergative, then at least some of its allomorphs are…

Universal 321: acc (nouns) ⇒ some non-zero allomorphs Original If nouns have a syntactic form of the accusative, then at least some of its allomorphs…

Universal 320: nominative/accusative (pronouns) ⇒ nominative/accusative (nouns) Original If personal pronouns have an opposition of the syntactic forms of nominative and accusative, then this opposition…

Universal 319: Original If in a language there is a syntactic form of the absolutive, it also has a syntactic form of the ergative. Standardized…

Universal 318: backness distinctions Š height distinctions Original The number of height distinctions in a system is typically equal or greater than the number of…

Universal 317: nominative/accusative (inanimate noun) ⇒ nominative/accusative (animate noun) Original If inanimate nominals have the opposition of the syntactic form of the nominative and the…

Universal 316: Original If the indefinite direct object is provided with a syntactic form of accusative*, then the definite direct object is provided with the…